Livsey Elementary School

Set in Tucker, Georgia, Livsey Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school, overseen by DeKalb County. It teaches 383 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 605.

Livsey Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that educates 92,088 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Livsey Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 32% White, 17% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Livsey Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Livsey Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Livsey Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household income runs about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Livsey Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Tucker High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Livsey Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Livsey Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 388 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 28% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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