Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000677
Livsey Elementary School
4137 Livsey Rd, Tucker, GA 30084 · (678) 874-3302 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
11.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
251 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.0pp since 2021
Math
57.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 67.5% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 64.6% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Livsey Elementary School
Livsey Elementary School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livsey Elementary School this school | 383 | 65.5% | 56.2% |
| Hickory Hills Elementary School Marietta | 440 | 60.7% | 45.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Acworth | 523 | 66.2% | 38.5% |
| Acworth Elementary School Acworth | 499 | 69.1% | 43.4% |
| North Jackson Elementary School Talmo | 517 | 63.1% | 43.5% |
| Briar Vista Elementary School Atlanta | 482 | 71.2% | 45.9% |
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 Livsey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #246 of 1,208 | #18 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #292 of 1,215 ▼ 140 | #18 of 88 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #328 of 1,215 ▼ 13 | #25 of 88 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #88 of 1,183 | #4 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #1,125 of 1,324 | #76 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #143 of 1,301 | #16 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #82 of 1,301 | #11 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #879 of 1,312 | #71 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #822 of 854 | #71 of 73 |
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
383
+34 (+10%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 383 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 66% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 34.3 | 11.1:1 | 54% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 32.3 | 11.1:1 | 45% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 39% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 30.2 | 12.8:1 | 40% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 40% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 15% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 9% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Livsey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (388 to 383); teachers up 13% (30.2 to 34).
About Livsey Elementary School
Livsey Elementary School is an elementary school located in Tucker, Georgia, in DeKalb County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 383 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Within DeKalb County, Livsey Elementary School is one of 131 schools. The district enrolls 92,088 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Livsey Elementary School, with 38% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 17% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. By the diversity index, Livsey Elementary School comes in at 72%.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Livsey Elementary School and a ratio of 11.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 66% of enrollment. That is 11 points below the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Livsey Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Livsey Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.2%, compared with a predicted 43.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
The school nearest to Livsey Elementary School is Tucker High School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Livsey Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Livsey Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Livsey Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 349 to 383 over 4 years.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Tucker
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Nesbit Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,191 students
- Tucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Idlewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 889 students
- Midvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Brockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Tucker High School0.8 mi · 1,614
- Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School1.2 mi · 165
- Midvale Elementary School1.2 mi · 417
- Nesbit Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,191
- Evansdale Elementary School1.3 mi · 504
- Tucker Middle School1.5 mi · 1,173
Frequently asked questions
About Livsey Elementary SchoolHow large is Livsey Elementary School?
Livsey Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-05.
Is Livsey Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Livsey Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Livsey Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Livsey Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Livsey Elementary School?
At Livsey Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 38% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Livsey Elementary School public or private?
Livsey Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.