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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNFIELD ISD·NCES 481161000637
Oak Grove Elementary School
1000 CACTUS LN, BROWNFIELD, TX 79316 · (806) 637-6455 · Terry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
608 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
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 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 63% · 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
Oak Grove Elementary School→Brownfield Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROWNFIELD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% | 50.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (22.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary School this school | 670 | 90.7% | 22.9% |
| Creighton Elementary School CONROE | 701 | 90.9% | 48.1% |
| Goliad Elementary School ODESSA | 565 | 89.6% | 22.5% |
| Oakley Elementary School NEW CANEY | 816 | 88.0% | 28.4% |
| Townley Elementary School IRVING | 804 | 91.8% | 31.6% |
| Castleberry Elementary School FORT WORTH | 754 | 90.5% | 40.6% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,162 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,096 of 4,466 ▲ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,304 of 4,466 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,696 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #1,117 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,392 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #3,113 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #984 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.3% | #267 of 1,307 |
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
670
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 670 | 44.9 | 14.9:1 | 91% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 88% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 45.8 | 14.8:1 | 87% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 90% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 81% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 77% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 84% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 73% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (518 to 670); teachers up 32% (34 to 44.9).
About Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in BROWNFIELD, Texas. A total of 670 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 29% above average.
BROWNFIELD ISD is the local district for Oak Grove Elementary School. It runs 5 schools with 1,608 students.
At Oak Grove Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. The next largest groups are 20% White and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 57% share among Terry County residents. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Oak Grove Elementary School operates with 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 91% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Terry County is 80%.
In Texas, Oak Grove Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.9% actual against a predicted 34.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Terry County show that the median household income is $44,100, roughly 10% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 7 public schools in Terry County, enrolling about 2,086 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Brownfield Middle School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Oak Grove Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 22.9% is below the 38.6% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Oak Grove Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Oak Grove Elementary School's enrollment grew 3%, to 670.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Terry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,629
Census ACS
Median income
$44,100
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNFIELD ISD
- Brownfield High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Brownfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Colonial Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
- Brownfield Education CenterHigh · 29 students
Other schools in BROWNFIELD
- Brownfield High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Brownfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Colonial Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
- Brownfield Education CenterHigh · 29 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 6th largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 445 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryVisalia, CA · 756 students
Nearby schools
- Brownfield Middle School0.4 mi · 327
- Brownfield High School0.4 mi · 465
- Brownfield Education Center0.7 mi · 29
- Colonial Heights Elementary School1.2 mi · 117
- Meadow School10.7 mi · 230
- Wellman-Union School13.8 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 670 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 14.9:1 students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School.
How diverse is Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 75% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School is overseen by BROWNFIELD ISD in Terry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.