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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Oak Grove Elementary School?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000714
Oak Grove Elementary School
1857 Oak Grove Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345 · (678) 874-7402 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
47 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
58%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
70.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.5pp since 2021
Math
81.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 81.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 72.4% |
| 2022-23 | 79.8% | 77.8% |
| 2021-22 | 76.3% | 79.2% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary School this school | 429 | 11.0% | 73.4% |
| Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary School Decatur | 529 | 11.3% | 74.4% |
| Alpharetta Elementary School Alpharetta | 498 | 17.9% | 78.1% |
| Springdale Park Elementary School Atlanta | 437 | 18.3% | 82.5% |
| Jackson Elementary School Atlanta | 502 | 18.3% | 74.5% |
| Rocky Mount Elementary School Marietta | 576 | 16.8% | 66.4% |
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 Oak Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #67 of 1,208 | #6 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #38 of 1,215 ▲ 69 | #4 of 88 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #71 of 1,215 ▼ 14 | #8 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #298 of 1,183 | #17 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #1,027 of 1,324 | #68 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #334 of 1,301 | #30 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #559 of 1,301 | #33 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,287 of 1,312 | #92 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #239 of 854 | #38 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
429
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 429 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 32.7 | 11.9:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 30.7 | 11.9:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 42.9 | 12.4:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 7% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 8% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (534 to 429); teachers down 18% (42.9 to 35).
About Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School is a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools in DeKalb County. School enrollment was 429 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Oak Grove Elementary School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students in total.
White students are the majority at Oak Grove Elementary School, with 62% of enrollment. The school is also 14% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 29%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 11%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County is 66 points.
Oak Grove Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Oak Grove Elementary School, the prediction is 71.7% and the result is 73.4%.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 154 public schools in DeKalb County, enrolling about 102,960 students in all.
Nearby, Coralwood Education Center is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Oak Grove Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 73.4% versus a 49.9% average.
Oak Grove Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 426 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 429.
The Oak Grove Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Other Oak Grove Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 20 states are named Oak Grove Elementary. Oak Grove Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolAcworth, GA · 523 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolPeachtree City, GA · 450 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Coralwood Education Center0.6 mi · 218
- Lakeside High School0.6 mi · 2,234
- GLOBE Academy Charter School I0.9 mi · 1,093
- Sagamore Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 428
- Briarlake Elementary School1.1 mi · 360
- Druid Hills Middle School1.5 mi · 985
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oak Grove Elementary School serve?
Oak Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Grove Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Grove Elementary School?
At Oak Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.