Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School

Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Athens, Georgia, operated by Clarke County, with 563 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Clarke County runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,275 students. Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Black, 20% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clarke County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clarke County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clarke County put the typical household earns roughly $53,625 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Clarke County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students), Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Foothills Regional High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School has fell 4%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 44% to 32% across the same window.

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