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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Oakwood Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001159
Oakwood Elementary School
4500 Allen St, Oakwood, GA 30566 · (770) 532-1656 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
378 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
21.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.8pp since 2021
Math
30.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 26.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.2% | 37.1% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Oakwood Elementary School
Oakwood Elementary School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Elementary School this school | 509 | 74.3% | 26.1% |
| Evansdale Elementary School Doraville | 504 | 64.1% | 39.8% |
| Henderson Mill Elementary School Atlanta | 541 | 73.0% | 31.0% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Dunwoody | 386 | 69.4% | 34.2% |
| Westwood Elementary School Dalton | 605 | 66.1% | 54.3% |
| Northside Elementary Cedartown | 531 | 87.6% | 30.8% |
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 Oakwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #904 of 1,208 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #854 of 1,215 ▼ 50 | #19 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #969 of 1,215 ▼ 116 | #19 of 26 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #122 of 1,183 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #833 of 1,324 | #22 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #828 of 1,301 | #9 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #573 of 1,301 | #5 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #787 of 1,312 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #321 of 386 | #10 of 13 |
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
509
+48 (+10%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 509 | 36.4 | 14.0:1 | 74% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 35.7 | 14.0:1 | 78% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 38.3 | 12.8:1 | 63% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 66% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 74% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 75% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 68% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 31% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (494 to 509); teachers up 1% (36 to 36.4).
About Oakwood Elementary School
Oakwood Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Oakwood, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 509 students on the rolls.
Oakwood Elementary School is run by Hall County, whose 38 schools enroll 28,028 students.
Of every 100 students at Oakwood Elementary School, about 59 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% White, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Hall County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. The diversity index for Oakwood Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Oakwood Elementary School reported 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. There are 378 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 74% of enrollment. That is higher than the 64% average for public schools in Hall County.
On the allk12 Grade, Oakwood Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 8% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The model predicts 39.0% for a school in Georgia with Oakwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Oakwood Elementary School posts 26.1%.
Census data for Hall County show median household income comes to about $80,901, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 49 public schools and about 36,525 students.
Oakwood Elementary School's nearest public school is South Hall Middle School (about 1.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Oakwood Elementary School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Oakwood Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 461 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 509 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.0:1, from 12.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Oakwood Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hall County
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Flowery Branch HighHigh · 1,304 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- Cherokee Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
Other schools in Oakwood
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- West Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 842 students
Other Oakwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakwood Elementary. Oakwood Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 14.
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 937 students
- OAKWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 545 students
- Oakwood ElementaryStockton, CA · 522 students
- OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPRESTON, ID · 516 students
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, MI · 473 students
Nearby schools
- South Hall Middle School1.2 mi · 955
- World Language Academy Middle School1.2 mi · 256
- Johnson High School1.5 mi · 1,318
- The Foundry1.5 mi · 28
- Lanier College and Career Academy1.5 mi · 169
- Mundy Mill Arts Academy1.6 mi · 825
Frequently asked questions
About Oakwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Oakwood Elementary School?
Oakwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oakwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakwood Elementary School have?
Oakwood Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Oakwood Elementary School?
Oakwood Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakwood Elementary School?
Oakwood Elementary School is overseen by Hall County in Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.