Oak Grove Middle, Oak Grove MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Oak Grove Middle

Oak Grove Middle is a regular public school serving sixth through eighth graders in the Oak Grove R-VI district, a suburban district east of the Kansas City metro. The school sits in the town of Oak Grove, which has a sparse suburban feel and functions largely as a commuter community. Most residents own their homes, and the town has seen population growth in recent years, with the city branding itself as a growing place for families. The local housing market reflects that growth, with home values rising at a pace above the national average.

The school enrolls a mid-sized student body for a middle school, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across grades six through eight. The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and smaller numbers of Black students and students of two or more races. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a share that places the school in a middle range for economic need relative to other schools in the area.

On state assessments, Oak Grove Middle’s results present a mixed picture that parents will want to consider grade by grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates increase across the grade levels, with eighth graders performing notably stronger than the lower grades. In math, the pattern runs the opposite direction: sixth and seventh graders show moderate proficiency, but eighth grade math results are very low, with only a small share of students meeting the state’s proficiency standard. Science results for eighth graders are moderate, similar to the school’s overall performance pattern. Looked at as a whole across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint when compared to other districts in Jackson County. That county-level comparison is a meaningful positive signal, but the steep drop in eighth grade math is a soft spot a parent would want to explore further with the school.

No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing was available for this profile, so a parent may wish to ask the school directly about attendance patterns and classroom conditions. Because Oak Grove Middle serves only middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not offer high-school-level programs such as Advanced Placement or dual credit.

The district itself operates the school as part of a system that serves the Oak Grove community. No major recent changes at the district level were found in publicly available sources that would alter the experience for incoming families. The school’s setting in a growing, car-dependent suburb with a civic hub along Broadway means most students live in single-family homes within a short drive of the campus.

For a family considering Oak Grove Middle, the school offers a peer environment that is largely white and economically mixed, with academic performance that is above the county median overall but uneven across subjects and grades. The eighth grade math results are the clearest area where a parent would want to look more closely at how the school supports students as they approach high school. The broader community context of a growing suburb with rising home values and a commuter-oriented economy is one many families find appealing, and the school’s county-level standing suggests that for many students the academic foundation is solid, even if there are specific gaps to watch.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 734%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolOAK GROVE R-VI, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income33%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income38%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income39%19 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income3%Higher-income12%9 pp gap