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How has Oak Grove Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213001955
Oak Grove Elementary School
200 Log House Rd., Peachtree City, GA 30269 · (770) 631-3260 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- A-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
11.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
165 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.2pp since 2021
Math
74.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 67.2% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 60.5% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 62.8% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 (66.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary School this school | 450 | 36.7% | 66.8% |
| Buford Elementary School Buford | 431 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Laurel Ridge Elementary School Decatur | 440 | 39.5% | 55.2% |
| Black's Mill Elementary School Dawsonville | 570 | 44.7% | 44.4% |
| Malcom Bridge Elementary School Bogart | 591 | 28.9% | 73.3% |
| Addison Elementary School Marietta | 571 | 33.6% | 62.5% |
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 Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #121 of 1,208 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #89 of 1,215 ▲ 64 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #105 of 1,215 ▲ 34 | #7 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #184 of 1,183 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #973 of 1,324 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #221 of 1,301 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #104 of 1,301 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,140 of 1,312 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #423 of 854 | #1 of 8 |
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
450
-83 (-16%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
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 | 450 | 38.5 | 11.7:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 39.5 | 11.8:1 | 39% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 40.5 | 11.8:1 | 28% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 26% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 38 | 11.8:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 17% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 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 13% (519 to 450); teachers down 6% (41 to 38.5).
About Oak Grove Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary School is a small elementary school in Peachtree City, Georgia, (ZIP code 30269). The school enrolls 450 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
The district, Fayette County, operates 24 schools serving 19,800 students.
The most common group at Oak Grove Elementary School is White students, at 46%. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% Black, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points below the 57% share among Fayette County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 38.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.7:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Roughly 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Oak Grove Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Oak Grove Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.8%; the prediction is 58.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fayette County, the median household income is $111,978, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 26 public schools in Fayette County, enrolling about 20,375 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Braelinn Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Oak Grove Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Oak Grove Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 83 fewer students in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Peachtree City
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Kedron Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Huddleston Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Crabapple Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Braelinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 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 18th largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolAcworth, GA · 523 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 429 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Braelinn Elementary School0.8 mi · 538
- Huddleston Elementary School1.5 mi · 616
- J.C. Booth Middle School2.5 mi · 1,115
- McIntosh High School2.8 mi · 1,762
- Peeples Elementary School2.9 mi · 658
- Rising Starr Middle School3.0 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Oak Grove Elementary School?
Oak Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oak Grove Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Grove Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Grove Elementary School?
At Oak Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oak Grove Elementary School public or private?
Oak Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.