Live Oak Elementary

Live Oak Elementary operates as an expansive elementary school in Covington, Georgia, one of the schools within Newton County. Current enrollment sits at 936 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Newton County comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 18,672 students; Live Oak Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Live Oak Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, Live Oak Elementary has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Newton County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Live Oak Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Newton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,179 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Newton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,672 students), of which Live Oak Elementary is one.

Newton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Live Oak Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Live Oak Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Live Oak Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,144 (now 936). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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