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Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

1150 Oglethorpe Ave, Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 549-0762 · Part of Clarke County School District

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Directions
Students
563
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 23% of Georgia’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 17 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 34.8%
Reading / language arts22%
State average 38.5%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Georgia’s 2,141 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

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1150 Oglethorpe Ave, Athens

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K65
Kindergarten94
Grade 177
Grade 275
Grade 389
Grade 476
Grade 587
Enrollment over time
572’20
600’21
581’22
569’23
563’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 39%Black 32%White 20%Two or more races 6%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School from Athens families.

Other schools in Clarke County School District

The district →
Whitehead Road Elementary School
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C
632 students10:1
Gaines Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Athens
D
568 students11:1
Timothy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Athens
B
565 students11:1
Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Athens
A−
492 students11:1
Barnett Shoals Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Athens
C+
490 students10:1
Barrow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Athens
B+
456 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Georgia’s other public schools; Athens’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.