O.G.E. is the best school in the State. It amazes me how some of the other parents have said such negative things about Oak Grove. In my openion, you can easily go just miles down the road and experience get a lot worse teachers, plus drugs, gangs, and more crime than you would believe. Then, when you
... Read more look back, you wont be so concerned about clicks, and small things such as that and you would be more concerned about the health and security of your child which at Oak Grove, I know I have nothing to worry about. I wouldnt go anywhere else. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/27/09
I have had 2 kids go through school here and it is a joke as far as academic difficulty. The teachers do not prep the kids for the high school, which is worse than the elementary as far as teachers. I am surprised that the school graded out as a 5 out of 10. I would think it would be lower. I wish I
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Posted by a parent on 03/23/09
I can't believe this school got as many good reviews as it did! AMAZING! Here's the deal......if you didn't go to school here and graduate with all the teachers that now teach here, your child is done! Stick a fork in em! As far as athletics go, I would have to agree with the other parent who said
... Read more they stink! If you don't go to church with the baseball, basketball and football coaches, if you don't socialize with the cheerleeding moms, and if your daughter doesn't participate in the beauty pagents, then you might as well be dead! Trust me....your better off anywhere else!!! Read less
Posted by a other on 01/26/09
This school is wonderful! My child absolutely loves getting up every morning to go to school. The teachers are awesome and so are the other parents. I could not be more satisfied!
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Posted by a parent on 12/05/08
As far as the teacher teaching and children learning great 8
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Posted by a parent on 10/02/08
I have had two sons that excelled in OGES both were A- Honor roll every year. They are now at the High school and are in honors classes. I am a graduate of OG class of '90. I could not imagine my children any where else. Lots of support from faculty. Great place to have a child succeed. As long as a
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Posted by a parent on 05/12/08
Academically, the schools are at best, poor. Sports wise they stink!
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Posted by a parent on 03/26/07
I graduated from OGHS in 1996 and i loved the school then. Starting this next school year I will have two children attending OGES I couldn't imagine them going anywhere else. I love the way the whole school is involved with each and every child. You always know what is going on with your child and their
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Posted by a parent on 06/25/04
I moved from Alabaster to have my child go to begin her schooling at Oak Grove Elementary. I graduated from Oak Grove and I thought it was a wonderful place to go so I wanted my daughter to go there and get a great safe education.
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Posted by a parent on 07/17/03
I could not imagine my children being anywhere else. I think 98% of the faculty are truly there for the kids. What I mean by that is they are there to teach and be there for them in any other way they can.
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* In 2007-2008 Alabama used the Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math. The ARMT is a standards-based test, which means it measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Alabama. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
598
Students per teacher:
12
Full-time teachers:
50
Number of classrooms:
47
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Bessemer schools — Oak Grove Elementary School is located at 9000 Tiger Cub Trail, Bessemer AL 35023. 9000 Tiger Cub Trail is in the 35023 ZIP code in Bessemer, AL The school district for Oak Grove Elementary School is the Jefferson County School District. Oak Grove Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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