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What advice would you give to incoming students at Live Oak Elementary?
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Enrollment
936
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COUNTY·NCES 130393003876
Live Oak Elementary
500 Kirkland Rd, Covington, GA 30016 · (678) 625-6654 · Newton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL936 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
936 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 64 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (155).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
17.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
12.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.7% | 20.9% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Live Oak Elementary
Live Oak Elementary's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Elementary this school | 936 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| W.G. Nunn Elementary Valdosta | 974 | 97.5% | 19.0% |
| Flat Rock Elementary School Lithonia | 977 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology Atlanta | 844 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy Hampton | 1,048 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Woodson Park Academy School Atlanta | 842 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
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 Live Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Newton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,119 of 1,208 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,180 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,065 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #12 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #147 of 1,183 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 936 | #115 of 1,324 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,149 of 1,301 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #1,099 of 1,301 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #345 of 1,312 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #273 of 854 | #2 of 10 |
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
936
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 1,061
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 936 | 61.2 | 15.3:1 | 100% (936) |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 63 | 14.6:1 | 85% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 46.8 | 19.0:1 | 85% (757) |
| 2020-21 | 937 | 60 | 15.6:1 | 77% (723) |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 65.8 | 17.4:1 | 82% (935) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 64 | 17.1:1 | 83% (906) |
| 2010-11 | 1,061 | 60 | 17.7:1 | 82% (869) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Live Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,144 to 936); teachers down 7% (65.8 to 61.2).
About Live Oak Elementary
Live Oak Elementary is a public elementary school in Covington, Georgia. It enrolled 936 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Newton County operates 22 schools. Combined enrollment is 18,672 students.
At Live Oak Elementary, Black students make up 85% of the student body. Other students are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. By comparison, Newton County residents are about 48% Black. Live Oak Elementary has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Live Oak Elementary total 61.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.3:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 936 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. The 92% average for public schools in Newton County is 8 points lower.
On BeatsExpectations, Live Oak Elementary is 9.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
Within Newton County, median household income is about $77,179, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Newton County number 22 and enroll about 18,672.
The nearest other public school, Newton High School, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Live Oak Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Live Oak Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Live Oak Elementary was 937 in 2020-21 and 936 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,152
Census ACS
Median income
$77,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
18,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton County
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- South Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 855 students
Other schools in Covington
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- South Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 855 students
Other Live Oak Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Live Oak Elementary. Live Oak Elementary is the largest of the 11.
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolAlbany, GA · 833 students
- Live Oak ElementaryFallbrook, CA · 717 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolDenham Springs, LA · 571 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolLafayette, LA · 520 students
- Live Oak ElementaryCastaic, CA · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Newton High School0.4 mi · 2,499
- Clements Middle School1.2 mi · 705
- Fairview Elementary1.4 mi · 591
- Porterdale Elementary School1.8 mi · 405
- Liberty Middle School2.0 mi · 894
- South Salem Elementary School2.0 mi · 855
Frequently asked questions
About Live Oak ElementaryHow large is Live Oak Elementary?
Live Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 936 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Live Oak Elementary serve?
Live Oak Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Live Oak Elementary have?
Live Oak Elementary employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Live Oak Elementary?
Student demographics at Live Oak Elementary are roughly 3% White, 7% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Live Oak Elementary?
Live Oak Elementary is overseen by Newton County in Newton County.
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