OAK GROVE EL

OAK GROVE EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in BROWNFIELD, Texas, overseen by BROWNFIELD ISD. The school caters to 670 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 5 schools in BROWNFIELD ISD (1,608 students total), OAK GROVE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, OAK GROVE EL reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OAK GROVE EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Terry County's rate of about 80%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OAK GROVE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Terry County indicate median household income runs about $44,100, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Terry County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,086 students), of which OAK GROVE EL is one.

The closest other public school is BROWNFIELD MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OAK GROVE EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 29%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025.

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