📍 893 Oak Grove Road, Hernando, DeSoto County, 38632
Oak Grove Central Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hernando, DeSoto County. The school has 787 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Oak Grove Central Elementary enrolls 787 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 9.8% Black or African American and 9.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 602 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 76 | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
784 of the school's 787 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 195 qualify for free lunch and 589 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oak Grove Central Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 MS-10, state senate district 1, state house district 28.
Oak Grove Central Elementary is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 787 students, Oak Grove Central Elementary is close to the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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