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Enrollment
733
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228003561
Oakley Elementary School
7220 Oakley Ter, Union City, GA 30291 · (770) 774-4057 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- B+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
13.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
733 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 44 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.3pp since 2021
Math
28.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 23.8% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Oakley Elementary School
Oakley Elementary School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley Elementary School this school | 733 | 100.0% | 32.7% |
| Wolf Creek Elementary College Park | 712 | 100.0% | 45.2% |
| DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School Stone Mountain | 760 | 99.9% | 51.0% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School Union City | 700 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| Centennial Place Academy (Charter) Atlanta | 757 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Renaissance Elementary School Fairburn | 750 | 100.0% | 40.3% |
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 Oakley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #729 of 1,208 | #61 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #893 of 1,215 ▼ 82 | #75 of 113 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #663 of 1,215 ▼ 39 | #62 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #317 of 1,183 | #42 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #321 of 1,324 | #18 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #790 of 1,301 | #82 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #1,219 of 1,301 | #86 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #245 of 1,312 | #61 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #500 of 854 | #61 of 92 |
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
733
+44 (+6%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 733 | 52.9 | 13.9:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 50.6 | 13.6:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 100% (712) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 52.7 | 15.6:1 | 100% (821) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 85% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 52 | 14.6:1 | 83% (631) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (821 to 733); teachers unchanged (52.7 to 52.9).
About Oakley Elementary School
Oakley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Union City, Georgia. In all, 733 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 21% bigger than the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district, Fulton County, has 87,563 students enrolled across 107 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Oakley Elementary School is 90% Black. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakley Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 52.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points lower.
Oakley Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, Oakley Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.7% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
The school's county is Fulton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fulton County's 205 public schools enroll about 138,270 students and include Oakley Elementary School.
S. L. Lewis Elementary School is about 1.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Oakley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Oakley Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 6% rise took enrollment from 689 in 2020-21 to 733 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Oakley Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Union City
- Gullatt Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 700 students
Other Oakley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Oakley Elementary. Oakley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Oakley Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 816 students
- Oakley ElementaryAsheville, NC · 502 students
- Oakley ElementaryOakley, CA · 379 students
- Oakley ElemOakley, KS · 191 students
- OAKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOAKLEY, ID · 188 students
Nearby schools
- S. L. Lewis Elementary School1.8 mi · 544
- Gullatt Elementary School2.2 mi · 712
- Banneker High School2.3 mi · 1,695
- Global Impact Academy2.8 mi · 572
- Feldwood Elementary School2.8 mi · 678
- Hapeville Charter Career Academy2.8 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Oakley Elementary SchoolHow large is Oakley Elementary School?
Oakley Elementary School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oakley Elementary School serve?
Oakley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakley Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Oakley Elementary School.
How diverse is Oakley Elementary School?
Oakley Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakley Elementary School?
Oakley Elementary School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.