GROVE UPPER ES

GROVE UPPER ES is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Grove, Oklahoma, one of the schools within GROVE, with 493 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

GROVE runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,964 students. GROVE UPPER ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, GROVE UPPER ES reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Native American, 17% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, GROVE UPPER ES logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 76% of students at GROVE UPPER ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, GROVE UPPER ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Delaware County) logs that median household income runs about $56,676, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. GROVE UPPER ES is one of 19 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 6,246 students).

Nearest neighbor: GROVE MS, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GROVE UPPER ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. GROVE UPPER ES's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 493). Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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