ORANGE GROVE EL

ORANGE GROVE EL is an elementary school of intimate scale in ORANGE GROVE, Texas, overseen by ORANGE GROVE ISD, serveing 386 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ORANGE GROVE EL sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within ORANGE GROVE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,648 students, ORANGE GROVE EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ORANGE GROVE EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% White. By comparison, Jim Wells County as a whole is about 80% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 59% of students at ORANGE GROVE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jim Wells County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ORANGE GROVE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jim Wells County put the typical household earns roughly $51,896 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Jim Wells County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,302 students), ORANGE GROVE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ORANGE GROVE J H, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORANGE GROVE EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 32%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ORANGE GROVE EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.