Oak Grove Elementary School

Oak Grove Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Acworth, Georgia, one of the schools within Cherokee County, hosts 523 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Cherokee County runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 42,031 students. Oak Grove Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oak Grove Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 12% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cherokee County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Oak Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 38.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cherokee County indicate median household income runs about $108,115, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cherokee County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), of which Oak Grove Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clark Creek Elementary School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Grove Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Grove Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.8%.

Oak Grove Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 523 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 44% to 34%.

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