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How has Oak Grove Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD SD 549C·NCES 410804000435
Oak Grove Elementary School
2838 W Main St, Medford, OR 97501 · (541) 842-3830 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
348 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 76%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 20.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary School this school | 398 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Fairfield Elementary School Eugene | 381 | 87.4% | 30.8% |
| Cummings Elementary School Keizer | 397 | 88.9% | 18.1% |
| Gubser Elementary School Keizer | 423 | 87.9% | 28.4% |
| Sam Case Elementary Newport | 353 | 90.1% | 29.3% |
| Sue Buel Elementary McMinnville | 398 | 83.7% | 26.6% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Oak Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #483 of 591 | #28 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #531 of 646 ▼ 18 | #28 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #528 of 646 ▼ 50 | #27 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #206 of 710 | #11 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #404 of 587 | #22 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #191 of 587 | #4 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #206 of 645 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #202 of 493 | #18 of 28 |
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
398
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 87% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 66% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 72% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 25.3 | 20.2:1 | 75% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 75% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 73% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 64% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (511 to 398); teachers down 13% (25.3 to 22).
About Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Medford, Oregon. It reported 398 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students, which makes this school 24% larger than average.
Within Medford SD 549C, Oak Grove Elementary School is one of 25 schools. The district enrolls 13,735 students.
The student body at Oak Grove Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 49%. Next come 42% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Roughly 87% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Oak Grove Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Oak Grove Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.1%, compared with a predicted 28.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Jackson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 70 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,143, Oak Grove Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Oak Grove Elementary School is Logos Charter School, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oak Grove Elementary School. On proficiency, Oak Grove Elementary School is behind the 23.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 9% decrease took enrollment from 438 in 2020-21 to 398 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Oak Grove Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medford SD 549C
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other schools in Medford
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other Oak Grove Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 20 states are named Oak Grove Elementary. Oak Grove Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolAlbany, OR · 362 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryMilwaukie, OR · 262 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Logos Charter School1.0 mi · 1,285
- Jackson Elementary School1.2 mi · 321
- Washington Elementary School1.5 mi · 221
- McLoughlin Middle School1.5 mi · 826
- South Medford High School1.6 mi · 1,856
- Kids Unlimited Academy1.9 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oak Grove Elementary School serve?
Oak Grove Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Grove Elementary School?
At Oak Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Oak Grove Elementary School public or private?
Oak Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Medford SD 549C.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.