The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Math. The lowest is 29% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Oak Grove
Oak Grove is a small, pre-kindergarten through grade eight district in Payne County, Oklahoma. Because it does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, a structural gap that reflects the district’s grade configuration rather than any outcome measure. The district’s only campus is Oak Grove Public School.
The student body is small and predominantly white, with a modest share of students identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native and a smaller number identifying with two or more races. The district had a near-zero presence of Asian, Black, or Hispanic students in the most recent data. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and on students receiving special education services or English learner support was not available, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the extent of these supports.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year offer a narrow window into academic performance. Oklahoma’s state assessment changed its cut scores that year, making trend comparisons with prior years unreliable. Across the grades where results could be reported, the number of students tested in each grade was small—roughly a dozen per grade level—and Oklahoma’s data-suppression rules mask results when student counts are low. As a result, proficiency rates were suppressed for all but two grade-subject combinations: fourth-grade math, where just over half of students met the state’s proficient or above standard, and seventh-grade English language arts, where fewer than one-third did. Science results for both fifth and eighth grades were suppressed entirely. The district’s overall proficiency index, which averages the reported rates, placed Oak Grove in the top quartile among Payne County’s districts, meaning that on the scores that could be computed, it performed above the midpoint of its local peers. That position is worth noting, but the thinness of the reported data means there is limited information to compare the district’s academic standing across grades and subjects.
Chronic absenteeism was reported for the district, and its rate sat above the midpoint among the county’s districts—a soft spot a family may want to discuss with school leadership to understand the root causes and what is being done to address it.
On the housing front, the district draws from two ZIP codes, one anchored by Cushing and the other by Drumright. Typical home values in the district are modest and sit well below both the statewide and national medians, with values having edged down slightly in the past year. The affordability picture is straightforward: housing is relatively inexpensive compared to much of the country, which may matter to a family considering a move into the area. Per-pupil current spending in the district was in the lower range among Payne County’s districts, a financial context that could bear on class size, materials, and enrichment offerings, though no further detail on staffing or course access was available to confirm how that spending translates into the classroom.
A search for recent district-level changes or strategic initiatives turned up little of lasting impact, so this narrative cannot describe any new programs, capital projects, or administrative shifts that a parent might factor into a decision. What is clear is that Oak Grove offers a very small, K-8 setting in a low-cost housing market, with limited publicly available academic data to characterize day-to-day student performance outside of a couple of tested subjects and grades. A family looking at this district would likely want to arrange a visit, talk to the principal about what is taught and how student progress is tracked, and ask about the specific supports available for the students who need them.
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