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What's the one class at Oliver Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000479
Oliver Elementary School
1725 Cheryl Leigh Dr, Riverdale, GA 30296 · (770) 994-4010 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
452 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
33.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.2pp since 2021
Math
32.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 30.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 21.6% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Oliver Elementary School
Oliver Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Elementary School this school | 452 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School Stone Mountain | 450 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Shadow Rock Elementary School Lithonia | 493 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Sims Elementary School Conyers | 462 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Pointe South Elementary School Riverdale | 508 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| Woodridge Elementary School Stone Mountain | 444 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
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 Oliver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #788 of 1,208 | #5 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #795 of 1,215 ▲ 28 | #6 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #626 of 1,215 ▲ 44 | #3 of 37 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.7pp | #109 of 1,183 | #8 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #965 of 1,324 | #34 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #739 of 1,301 | #17 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #970 of 1,301 | #27 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #84 of 1,312 | #9 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #56 of 854 | #3 of 34 |
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
452
-133 (-23%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 96% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 90% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 93% (544) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 99% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 71% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 45 | 20.5:1 | 55% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 41 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oliver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (689 to 452); teachers down 27% (45 to 33).
About Oliver Elementary School
Oliver Elementary School is an elementary school in Riverdale, Georgia, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 452 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 25% smaller than that.
Federal data list 68 schools in Clayton County, with 51,326 students enrolled.
At Oliver Elementary School, Black students make up 76% of the student body. Next come 17% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Oliver Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1 at Oliver Elementary School, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. Oliver Elementary School scores 30.4%.
Census estimates describe Clayton County this way: the median household income is $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Clayton County has 73 public schools and roughly 63,156 students.
Dubois Integrity Academy is the public school closest to Oliver Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 22.4% on proficiency, and Oliver Elementary School is above that at 30.4%.
For locale, NCES codes Oliver Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Oliver Elementary School dropped 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 585 to 452 students.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Riverdale
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Dubois Integrity AcademyElementary · 1,341 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Church Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
Other Oliver Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Oliver Elementary. Oliver Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Oliver Elementary SchoolSeale, AL · 481 students
- Oliver Elementary SchoolLawrence, MA · 469 students
- Oliver Elementary SchoolSTAMFORD, TX · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Dubois Integrity Academy1.7 mi · 1,341
- North Clayton Middle School1.9 mi · 817
- Church Street Elementary School1.9 mi · 706
- West Clayton Elementary School1.9 mi · 464
- Northcutt Elementary School2.0 mi · 618
- Nolan Elementary School2.0 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About Oliver Elementary SchoolHow large is Oliver Elementary School?
Oliver Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oliver Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oliver Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oliver Elementary School have?
Oliver Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Oliver Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oliver Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 17% Hispanic, 76% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Oliver Elementary School?
Oliver Elementary School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
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