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How has Fair Oaks Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
703
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000573
Fair Oaks Elementary School
407 Barber Rd SE, Marietta, GA 30060 · (678) 594-8080 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
703 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fair Oaks Elementary School→Pearson Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
Math
41.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 16.4% | 28.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.4% | 30.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fair Oaks Elementary School
Fair Oaks Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Oaks Elementary School this school | 703 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| Mimosa Elementary School Roswell | 588 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Lyman Hall Elementary School Gainesville | 785 | 96.2% | 15.4% |
| Chicopee Elementary School Gainesville | 809 | 92.5% | 11.8% |
| Green Acres Elementary School Smyrna | 584 | 94.5% | 19.0% |
| Eastside Elementary School Dalton | 579 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fair Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #801 of 1,208 | #56 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #593 of 1,215 ▲ 78 | #47 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #876 of 1,215 ▲ 130 | #58 of 72 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #188 of 1,183 | #6 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #367 of 1,324 | #32 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #24 of 1,301 | #9 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #1,160 of 1,301 | #77 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #123 of 1,312 | #11 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #185 of 854 | #11 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
703
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 703 | 73.6 | 9.6:1 | 100% (703) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 73.6 | 9.8:1 | 98% (708) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 70.6 | 10.8:1 | 93% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 66 | 11.4:1 | 86% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 76.5 | 11.9:1 | 96% (878) |
| 2015-16 | 954 | 77 | 12.4:1 | 96% (917) |
| 2010-11 | 876 | 77 | 11.4:1 | 96% (843) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 56 | 10.6:1 | 78% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 46 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fair Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (911 to 703); teachers down 4% (76.5 to 73.6).
About Fair Oaks Elementary School
Families in Marietta, Georgia, are served by Fair Oaks Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 703 students in pre-K through 5.
Cobb County serves 105,738 students across 110 schools.
The student body at Fair Oaks Elementary School is 87% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 9% Black and 2% White. Cobb County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 72 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Fair Oaks Elementary School operates with 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 9.6:1 here. Fair Oaks Elementary School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
The allk12 Grade for Fair Oaks Elementary School is B-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Fair Oaks Elementary School is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.1%.
Cobb County has these Census figures: the median household income is $102,738, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cobb County is home to 129 public schools and about 116,609 public school students.
Pearson Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Fair Oaks Elementary School. The five-mile area around Fair Oaks Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Fair Oaks Elementary School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Fair Oaks Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Fair Oaks Elementary School's enrollment declined 7%, to 703. The school's ratio fell from 11.4:1 to 9.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Fair Oaks Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
Other Fair Oaks Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fair Oaks Elementary. Fair Oaks Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Fair Oaks ElementaryOakdale, CA · 785 students
- FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN PARK, MN · 396 students
- Fair Oaks ElementaryHighland Springs, VA · 330 students
- Fair Oaks ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Pearson Middle School0.2 mi · 806
- Dunleith Elementary School0.7 mi · 554
- Green Acres Elementary School1.1 mi · 584
- International Academy of Smyrna1.3 mi · 328
- LaBelle Elementary School1.5 mi · 339
- Hickory Hills Elementary School1.8 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Fair Oaks Elementary SchoolHow large is Fair Oaks Elementary School?
Fair Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 703 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fair Oaks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fair Oaks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fair Oaks Elementary School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Fair Oaks Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Fair Oaks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fair Oaks Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 87% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Fair Oaks Elementary School in?
Fair Oaks Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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