Oak View Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Decatur, Georgia, Oak View Elementary caters to 685 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of DeKalb County.

Oak View Elementary is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that caters to 92,088 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Oak View Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Oak View Elementary has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.7%.

Zooming out to the county, DeKalb County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Oak View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak View Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oak View Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 833 (now 685). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 87% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.