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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000701
Oakcliff Elementary School
3151 Willow Oak Way, Doraville, GA 30340 · (678) 676-3102 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
621 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
21%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.6pp since 2021
Math
31.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.5% | 31.5% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Oakcliff Elementary School
Oakcliff Elementary School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakcliff Elementary School this school | 621 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Mimosa Elementary School Roswell | 588 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Dresden Elementary School Chamblee | 606 | 92.4% | 10.4% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School Marietta | 703 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| Hightower Elementary School Doraville | 604 | 88.6% | 18.6% |
| Eastside Elementary School Dalton | 579 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
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 Oakcliff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #867 of 1,208 | #44 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #817 of 1,215 ▼ 99 | #40 of 88 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #856 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #44 of 88 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #378 of 1,183 | #22 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #546 of 1,324 | #24 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #678 of 1,301 | #56 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,190 of 1,301 | #68 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #170 of 1,312 | #17 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #227 of 854 | #36 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
621
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 621 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 96% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 93% (617) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 52 | 12.5:1 | 62% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 93% (729) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 94% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 93% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 64% (432) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakcliff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (780 to 621); teachers down 12% (52 to 46).
About Oakcliff Elementary School
Oakcliff Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Doraville, Georgia. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 621 students.
DeKalb County has 92,088 students spread across 131 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Oakcliff Elementary School is 89% Hispanic. Next come 7% Asian and 4% Black. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Its ratio of 13.5:1 is based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
In Georgia, Oakcliff Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.6% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
In DeKalb County, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. DeKalb County has 154 public schools with about 102,960 students, including Oakcliff Elementary School.
Sequoyah Middle School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Oakcliff Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Oakcliff Elementary School enrolled 649 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 621. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.5:1).
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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 Doraville
- Pleasantdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 794 students
- Hightower Elementary SchoolElementary · 604 students
- Evansdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Tapestry Public Charter SchoolHigh · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoyah Middle School1.1 mi · 1,713
- Tapestry Public Charter School1.5 mi · 300
- Pleasantdale Elementary School1.6 mi · 794
- Doraville United Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,003
- Hightower Elementary School1.7 mi · 604
- Graves Elementary School2.0 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About Oakcliff Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oakcliff Elementary School?
Oakcliff Elementary School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oakcliff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakcliff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakcliff Elementary School have?
Oakcliff Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Oakcliff Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oakcliff Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Oakcliff Elementary School public or private?
Oakcliff Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
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