Oglethorpe County Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Lexington, Georgia, Oglethorpe County Elementary School serves 521 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within Oglethorpe County.

Within Oglethorpe County, which oversees 4 schools and 2,293 students, Oglethorpe County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Oglethorpe County Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oglethorpe County Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oglethorpe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,034 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Oglethorpe County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,293 students), of which Oglethorpe County Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Oglethorpe County Primary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oglethorpe County Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oglethorpe County Elementary School has rose 14%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025.

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