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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228000948
Findley Oaks Elementary School
5880 Findley Chase Dr, Duluth, GA 30097 · (470) 254-3800 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test 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.
- C-Three-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
12.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
91 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.1pp since 2021
Math
77.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 77.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 76.8% | 80.9% |
| 2021-22 | 76.8% | 76.7% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Findley Oaks Elementary School
Findley Oaks Elementary School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Findley Oaks Elementary School this school | 585 | 15.6% | 74.5% |
| Lake Windward Elementary School Alpharetta | 672 | 11.6% | 84.7% |
| Abbotts Hill Elementary School Duluth | 508 | 17.5% | 75.2% |
| Ocee Elementary School Alpharetta | 694 | 17.4% | 72.4% |
| Dolvin Elementary School Alpharetta | 642 | 17.0% | 79.2% |
| State Bridge Crossing Elementary School Alpharetta | 657 | 16.9% | 78.5% |
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 Findley Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #53 of 1,208 | #18 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #64 of 1,215 ▲ 32 | #18 of 113 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #80 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #29 of 113 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #199 of 1,183 | #4 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #638 of 1,324 | #52 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #433 of 1,301 | #57 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #59 of 1,301 | #11 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #1,259 of 1,312 | #103 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #568 of 854 | #70 of 92 |
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
585
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 585 | 46.2 | 12.7:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 45.7 | 12.9:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 45.5 | 13.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 40.3 | 16.0:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 56 | 16.0:1 | 1% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Findley Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (644 to 585); teachers up 15% (40.3 to 46.2).
About Findley Oaks Elementary School
Federal records list Findley Oaks Elementary School as an elementary school in Duluth, Georgia. Enrollment totals 585 students across pre-K through 5.
Fulton County has 87,563 students spread across 107 schools.
The student body at Findley Oaks Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 37%. Enrollment also includes 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 29 points above the 8% share among Fulton County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Its staff includes 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Findley Oaks Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 16%. Among public schools in Fulton County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Findley Oaks Elementary School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Findley Oaks Elementary School are 5.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (74.5% actual, 69.3% predicted).
In Fulton County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Findley Oaks Elementary School, Fulton County has 205 public schools.
Abbotts Hill Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Findley Oaks Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Findley Oaks Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Findley Oaks Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (573) and 2024-25 (585). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Duluth
- Georgia Connections Academy (Virtual)Combined · 7,148 students
- Duluth High SchoolHigh · 2,556 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,591 students
- Radloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,315 students
- Hull Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,267 students
- McClure Health Science High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
Nearby schools
- Abbotts Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 508
- Taylor Road Middle School1.4 mi · 1,244
- Chattahoochee High School1.5 mi · 1,730
- Northview High School1.6 mi · 1,591
- Lake Windward Elementary School1.6 mi · 672
- Wilson Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Findley Oaks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Findley Oaks Elementary School?
Findley Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
Is Findley Oaks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Findley Oaks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Findley Oaks Elementary School have?
Findley Oaks Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Findley Oaks Elementary School?
Findley Oaks Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 37% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Findley Oaks Elementary School in?
Findley Oaks Elementary School is part of Fulton County.
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