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What's the most underrated thing about GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROVE·NCES 401350000624
Grove Public School
2800 North Bryan Avenue, Shawnee, OK 74804 · (405) 275-7435 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
183 students
STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grove Public School→Grove High School
Based on grade levels within GROVE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
47.2%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grove Public School
Grove Public School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Public School this school | 539 | 34.0% | 48.7% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Norman | 514 | 38.1% | 50.0% |
| Highland Park Elementary School Broken Arrow | 654 | 34.1% | 38.8% |
| Northwood Elementary School Piedmont | 552 | 34.2% | 54.0% |
| Rosewood Elementary School Broken Arrow | 575 | 33.4% | 39.5% |
| Robin Hill Public School Norman | 391 | 31.2% | 41.3% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grove Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Pottawatomie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #70 of 555 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #131 of 651 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #74 of 523 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #146 of 941 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #301 of 708 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #534 of 708 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #834 of 876 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #122 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
539
+66 (+14%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 539 | 34.8 | 15.5:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 33.1 | 16.2:1 | 31% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 33.5 | 16.5:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 26% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 11% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grove Public School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (521 to 539); teachers up 11% (31.5 to 34.8).
About Grove Public School
This page covers Grove Public School, a medium-sized elementary school in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Enrolled students number 539 students, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 47% higher than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, which is about 366.
The school's district is GROVE.
By race and ethnicity, Grove Public School is 64% White. It is also 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 9% Native American, and 3% Asian. Grove Public School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grove Public School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.5:1. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. On average, public schools in Pottawatomie County report 66%.
allk12 grades Grove Public School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.0% at Grove Public School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Pottawatomie County, median household income is about $61,398, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Grove Public School is among the 41 public schools in Pottawatomie County.
Nearby, Sequoyah Elementary School is about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Grove Public School is 1st of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Grove Public School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 473 to 539. Students per teacher rose from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 15.5 in 2024-25.
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Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
73,463
Census ACS
Median income
$61,398
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
12,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shawnee
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 1,045 students
- Shawnee Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- North Rock Creek High SchoolHigh · 487 students
- North Rock Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- South Rock Creek Public SchoolElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoyah Elementary School1.2 mi · 293
- Will Rogers Elementary School1.4 mi · 367
- Shawnee Middle School1.7 mi · 693
- Horace Mann Elementary School2.2 mi · 233
- Shawnee Ec Center2.3 mi · 350
- Jefferson Elementary School2.5 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Grove Public SchoolHow large is Grove Public School?
Grove Public School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Grove Public School serve?
Grove Public School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grove Public School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grove Public School is approximately 15.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grove Public School?
At Grove Public School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Grove Public School?
Grove Public School is overseen by GROVE in Pottawatomie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.