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 Public School
Oak Grove Public School is a small, rural public school in Cushing, Oklahoma, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It sits within the Oak Grove district and is neither a charter nor a magnet school. The school is located a short drive east of Cushing’s downtown, and its enrollment of about that size for a PK-8 building gives it a community feel where most families likely know one another.
The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of American Indian students and a small group identifying as two or more races. The data did not include the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, nor counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the range of supports available in these areas.
State testing results are incomplete for many grades. Oklahoma reports proficiency for grades three through eight in math, English language arts, and science, but Oak Grove’s small class sizes lead the state to suppress results when the tested group is very small, which happened for most grade-subject combinations. The school did report one math result for fourth grade and one English language arts result for seventh grade. In fourth-grade math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was close to the typical level one would see across the state or county. In seventh-grade English language arts, the share was markedly lower. With most other grades suppressed, it is difficult to draw a full picture of academic patterns across the school. The comparison data that is available places the school’s overall proficiency index, which averages the reported results across tested subjects and grades, in the top quarter among districts in Payne County. That relative standing should be read with caution, however, because the index draws only on the few results that were not suppressed.
Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to consider. Families will need to plan for the transition to a high school afterward, likely the nearby Cushing High School or another choice in the region.
The community context of Cushing shapes what families experience outside of school. Cushing is a small city with an economy dominated by oil storage and pipeline infrastructure, known as a major crude oil trading hub. The town has a historic Main Street and a municipal park with aquatic facilities, a skate park, and disc golf. A large refinery is planned, which could bring economic growth in coming years. Housing values in the area are below the state average, and the local market has been essentially flat. National 30-year mortgage rates and the unemployment rate have been near recent norms.
The district brief turned up no major recent changes, such as bond measures, leadership turnover, or program overhauls, that a parent would need to know about. That can be read as a sign of stability, though it also means there is less public information about where the school is headed.
For a family considering Oak Grove, the school offers a small, familiar setting in a town with a clear economic identity. The academic data is thin, so a parent should plan to visit, talk to the principal, and ask about how the school supports students in grades where results were suppressed. The school’s relative standing among county peers is positive, but the available evidence is fragmentary. This is a school that fits a family looking for a tight-knit elementary and middle school experience in a community that is stable, industrially anchored, and a straightforward commute to larger cities such as Stillwater or Tulsa.
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