The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in Science. The lowest is 18% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Locust Grove Upper Es
Locust Grove Upper Elementary School serves second through fifth grades in the small town of Locust Grove, Oklahoma. The town, described as having a suburban-rural mix feel, sits at the intersection of State Highway 82 and a U.S. highway in Mayes County. Most residents own their homes, and many retirees live in the community. The largest local industries are Retail Trade, Educational Services, and Manufacturing, with the school district itself standing as a major employer. The town has a traditional small-town grid layout, but daily life is car-dependent. Housing values in the area are below the state benchmark.
The school itself enrolls a student body that is roughly evenly split between white students and American Indian or Alaska Native students, each group comprising about a third of the population, with students identifying as two or more races making up most of the remainder. A small number of Hispanic and Asian students are also enrolled. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
State testing results for the most recent school year show that proficiency rates in both math and English language arts are modest across grades three, four, and five. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was highest in fourth grade and lowest in fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates were also low, with the fourth-grade rate slightly higher than the third and fifth grades. On the fifth-grade science assessment, about one in four students met the proficient benchmark.
When benchmarked against other districts in Mayes County, Locust Grove Upper ES places near the midpoint for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. This comparison set is a county-level one, so it reflects performance among the area’s eight districts. Parents should note that Oklahoma updated its cut scores for both math and English language arts in this testing cycle, which can make direct year-over-year comparisons unreliable for the time being.
The school operates as a regular public school within the Locust Grove district. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education services, and English learner populations were not available in the profile. The school’s discipline profile, course access, and staffing details were also absent from the provided information. For a parent wanting to understand student support structures or program offerings, these are gaps to follow up on directly with the school.
The town itself has seen a relatively stable population over recent decades, with modest employment growth between recent years and a notable increase in median property values. No major new housing developments were identified in available search results, suggesting the community is not in a period of rapid expansion.
Locust Grove Upper ES offers a straightforward elementary program in a stable, car-dependent small town. The testing data indicates that the school community is working with academic proficiency levels that sit around the middle of the pack for Mayes County. A family moving here will find a school that serves the upper elementary grades in a community where the district is a central employer and homeownership is the norm.
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