Live Oak Elementary School

Live Oak Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Albany, Georgia, part of Dougherty County. Current enrollment sits at 833 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Live Oak Elementary School sits 38% above that benchmark.

Dougherty County runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,241 students. Live Oak Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Live Oak Elementary School reports that nearly all students (92%) are Black; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Live Oak Elementary School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Live Oak Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Live Oak Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 25.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dougherty County put median household income runs about $49,044, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Dougherty County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students), of which Live Oak Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Live Oak Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Live Oak Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 25% since 2018, when it stood at 667 (now 833).

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