Oakhurst Elementary School

Oakhurst Elementary School operates as a rural-scale primary school in Decatur, Georgia, operated by City Schools of Decatur. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 61% below typical.

City Schools of Decatur comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,367 students; Oakhurst Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakhurst Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 15% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 29% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Oakhurst Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beacon Hill Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakhurst Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Oakhurst Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 57% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 233). The White share of enrollment decreased from 74% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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