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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002265
Manning Oaks Elementary School
405 Cumming St, Alpharetta, GA 30004 · (470) 254-2912 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
14.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
228 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 43 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
60.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 56.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.3% | 55.4% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 55.1% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Manning Oaks Elementary School
Manning Oaks Elementary School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Oaks Elementary School this school | 764 | 29.8% | 57.0% |
| Parsons Elementary School Suwanee | 882 | 33.9% | 68.8% |
| Roberts Elementary School Suwanee | 946 | 27.1% | 79.8% |
| Suwanee Elementary School Suwanee | 637 | 31.7% | 75.4% |
| Mashburn Elementary School Cumming | 976 | 23.2% | 65.4% |
| Ocee Elementary School Alpharetta | 694 | 17.4% | 72.4% |
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 Manning Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #232 of 1,208 | #32 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #244 of 1,215 ▲ 68 | #32 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #217 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #36 of 113 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #415 of 1,183 | #56 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #281 of 1,324 | #14 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #996 of 1,301 | #99 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #74 of 1,301 | #14 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #1,184 of 1,312 | #90 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #474 of 854 | #58 of 92 |
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
764
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,060
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 764 | 52.4 | 14.6:1 | 30% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 52.6 | 13.8:1 | 32% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 28% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 59 | 13.4:1 | 27% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 56 | 15.4:1 | 31% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 871 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 33% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 37% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 1,060 | 56 | 18.9:1 | 6% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manning Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (863 to 764); teachers down 6% (56 to 52.4).
About Manning Oaks Elementary School
Manning Oaks Elementary School serves students in Alpharetta, Georgia, as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 764 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 26% larger than the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Across its 107 schools, Fulton County enrolls 87,563 students. Manning Oaks Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Manning Oaks Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 44%. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 16% White, 13% Black, and 5% multiracial. Fulton County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Manning Oaks Elementary School, which has 52.4. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Manning Oaks Elementary School is about 30%. That rate is below the 62% average among public schools in Fulton County.
On the allk12 Grade, Manning Oaks Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Manning Oaks Elementary School is 61.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.0%.
For Fulton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 205 public schools and about 138,270 students.
Of the public schools around it, Manning Oaks Elementary School is closest to Hopewell Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. Manning Oaks Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 75.1% on proficiency, and Manning Oaks Elementary School is below that at 57.0%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 790 to 764, a 3% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 14.6:1.
This page is set up for the Manning Oaks Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Nearby schools
- Hopewell Middle School1.3 mi · 1,265
- Alpharetta High School1.3 mi · 2,024
- Innovation Academy1.4 mi · 1,511
- Alpharetta Elementary School1.5 mi · 498
- Cogburn Woods Elementary School1.6 mi · 786
- Amana Academy School1.8 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Manning Oaks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Manning Oaks Elementary School?
Manning Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Manning Oaks Elementary School serve?
Manning Oaks Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Manning Oaks Elementary School have?
Manning Oaks Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manning Oaks Elementary School?
At Manning Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 44% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Manning Oaks Elementary School?
Manning Oaks Elementary School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.