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If you had an hour of school board time for Oak View Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003334
Oak View Elementary
3574 Oakvale Rd, Decatur, GA 30034 · (678) 875-1302 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
685 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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
24%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
16.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.1pp since 2021
Math
18.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.1% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 19.9% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 14.8% |
| 2021-22 | 8.0% | 7.2% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 View Elementary
Oak View Elementary's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak View Elementary this school | 685 | 100.0% | 16.7% |
| Wolf Creek Elementary College Park | 712 | 100.0% | 45.2% |
| Atlanta Heights Charter School Atlanta | 663 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Liberty Point Elementary School Union City | 700 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| E. C. West Elementary School Fairburn | 678 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
| Wheeless Road Elementary School Augusta | 649 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
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 View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #1,112 of 1,208 | #72 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,083 of 1,215 ▼ 41 | #68 of 88 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,103 of 1,215 ▼ 12 | #69 of 88 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #140 of 1,183 | #10 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #400 of 1,324 | #22 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #652 of 1,301 | #52 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #1,148 of 1,301 | #63 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #188 of 1,312 | #35 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #285 of 854 | #44 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
685
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 685 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 100% (685) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 41.7 | 16.8:1 | 100% (701) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 41.8 | 16.0:1 | 100% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 99% (703) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 58.6 | 14.2:1 | 100% (833) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 90% (749) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 89% (720) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (833 to 685); teachers down 13% (58.6 to 51).
About Oak View Elementary
Oak View Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Georgia, located in Decatur. The latest federal count shows 685 students in pre-K through 5.
DeKalb County, which runs Oak View Elementary, has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
The student body at Oak View Elementary is 87% Black. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 51% of DeKalb County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oak View Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.4:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Oak View Elementary is 9.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (16.7% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), the median household income is $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 154 public schools in DeKalb County, enrolling about 102,960 students in all.
The next-closest public school is DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Oak View Elementary is behind the 19.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
The federal government classifies Oak View Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Oak View Elementary had 708 students, to 2024-25, when it had 685.
Community posts for Oak View Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Other Oak View Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Oak View Elementary. Oak View Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 11.
- Oak View ElementaryFairfax, VA · 776 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolBolingbrook, IL · 636 students
- Oak View Elem SchoolFranklin, TN · 517 students
- OAK VIEW ELEMENTARYMAPLE GROVE, MN · 515 students
- Oak View ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 491 students
Nearby schools
- DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center0.9 mi · 11
- Cedar Grove High School1.5 mi · 1,121
- Columbia Middle School1.5 mi · 571
- Cedar Grove Middle School1.6 mi · 685
- Cedar Grove Elementary School1.6 mi · 531
- Bob Mathis Elementary School1.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Oak View ElementaryHow large is Oak View Elementary?
Oak View Elementary enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oak View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak View Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Oak View Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Oak View Elementary?
Student demographics at Oak View Elementary are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Oak View Elementary in?
Oak View Elementary is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.