📍 9000 Tiger Cub Trail, Bessemer, Jefferson County, 35023
Oak Grove Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bessemer, Jefferson County. The school has 570 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
Oak Grove Elementary School enrolls 570 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 2.5% Black or African American and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 532 | 93% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
300 of the school's 570 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oak Grove Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-70.
Oak Grove Elementary School is one of 57 schools in Jefferson County, based in Birmingham, Alabama. The district serves 35,444 students district-wide and employs 1,940 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 570 students, Oak Grove Elementary School is close to the district average of about 622 students per school.
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