Best Public Schools in Locust Grove, OK

Locust Grove has four schools serving preschool through grade 12: the Early Learning Center (PK–1), Upper Elementary (grades 2–5), Middle School (grades 6–8), and High School (grades 9–12), with 1,177 students combined. The clearest area-wide pattern is that achievement differs substantially by subject and school: 2025–2026 science proficiency ranged from 19% at Locust Grove High School to 43% at Locust Grove Middle School, while math ranged from 10% at High School to 34% at Locust Grove Upper Elementary School. Because the schools serve different grades, these all-grades results are snapshots rather than like-grade comparisons. The most important takeaway is that the strongest results are concentrated in elementary and middle school math and science, while High School has the weakest all-grades results in both subjects.

Upper Elementary stands out in math: its 34% result was 9 points above the state benchmark and 14 points higher than Middle School’s 20%; High School was lowest at 10%, 15 points below state. Middle School leads in science at 43%, 13 points above state and 24 points higher than High School’s 19%. High School, however, had the highest all-grades ELA result, at 36%, 10 points above state. Grade-level figures add important detail: Upper Elementary math was above state in grades 3 and 4 but below in grade 5, while High School grade 11 ELA matched the state at 36% despite its stronger all-grades comparison. The Locust Grove Early Learning Center has no test results in the supplied data.

Results improved overall between the two years, but not at every school: Upper Elementary rose 4 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 14 in science; Middle School gained 8 points in science and was unchanged in ELA and math; High School fell 2, 7, and 2 points in those subjects. Across the three schools with results, the average school-to-state gap moved from 3 points below state to even. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings place Upper Elementary at the 54th percentile (3 stars), Middle School at the 48th (2 stars), and High School at the 44th (2 stars). As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 75% at Upper Elementary and Middle School, 48% at High School, and 76% at the Early Learning Center; these figures describe different school communities and do not explain test results.