Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE GROVE ISD·NCES 483372012525
Orange Grove Elementary School
500 S EUGENIA, ORANGE GROVE, TX 78372 · (361) 384-9358 · Jim Wells County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
227 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 128 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 33% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ORANGE GROVE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Orange Grove Elementary School
Orange Grove Elementary School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Elementary School this school | 386 | 58.8% | 54.6% |
| Jourdanton Elementary School JOURDANTON | 434 | 56.2% | 38.6% |
| Alpine Elementary School ALPINE | 375 | 54.7% | 39.1% |
| George West Primary School GEORGE WEST | 396 | 63.6% | 80.3% |
| Devine Intermediate School DEVINE | 454 | 60.1% | 29.8% |
| Comfort Elementary School COMFORT | 472 | 61.9% | 31.1% |
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 Orange Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jim Wells County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,100 of 4,401 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,529 of 4,466 ▼ 215 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #973 of 4,466 ▼ 107 | #2 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #662 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #3,602 of 4,938 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,226 of 4,622 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #2,695 of 4,628 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #3,177 of 4,789 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #233 of 1,307 | 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
386
-96 (-20%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 386 | 26.2 | 14.8:1 | 59% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 26.1 | 14.8:1 | 67% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 25.3 | 14.2:1 | 68% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 63% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 60% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 16 | 17.5:1 | 58% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 64% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (293 to 386); teachers up 31% (20 to 26.2).
About Orange Grove Elementary School
Students in ORANGE GROVE, Texas, attend Orange Grove Elementary School, a small elementary school. It reported 386 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
Orange Grove Elementary School sits within ORANGE GROVE ISD, which has 4 schools and 1,648 students.
At Orange Grove Elementary School, 65% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 34% White. Census figures show Jim Wells County is about 80% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
There are 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Orange Grove Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. A total of 227 students, or 59%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 83% average for public schools in Jim Wells County.
On the allk12 Grade, Orange Grove Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 83% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6% for Orange Grove Elementary School. The school posts 54.6%, 6.1 points above the prediction.
Census data for Jim Wells County show median household income comes to about $51,896, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county has 16 public schools and about 7,302 students.
Orange Grove Junior High School is the nearest public school to Orange Grove Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 46.1%, lower than Orange Grove Elementary School's 54.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 482 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 386 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Orange Grove Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jim Wells County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,850
Census ACS
Median income
$51,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE GROVE ISD
- Orange Grove High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Orange Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Orange Grove Junior High SchoolMiddle · 357 students
Other schools in ORANGE GROVE
- Orange Grove High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Orange Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Orange Grove Junior High SchoolMiddle · 357 students
Other Orange Grove Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Orange Grove Elementary. Orange Grove Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 516 students
- Orange Grove ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 548 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolSomerton, AZ · 412 students
- ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMINOLE, FL · 405 students
- Orange Grove ElementaryGulfport, MS · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Grove Junior High School0.2 mi · 357
- Orange Grove High School0.3 mi · 496
- Orange Grove Primary School0.3 mi · 409
- Mathis Elementary School11.7 mi · 362
- Agua Dulce High School11.8 mi · 243
- Agua Dulce Elementary School11.8 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orange Grove Elementary School?
Orange Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Orange Grove Elementary School serve?
Orange Grove Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orange Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orange Grove Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orange Grove Elementary School?
At Orange Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Orange Grove Elementary School in?
Orange Grove Elementary School is part of ORANGE GROVE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.