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Oakland Elementary School

Q: Is Oakland Elementary School a good school?

Oakland Elementary School ranks 877 th of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

877^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 28% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Oakland Elementary School in McDonough, GA, serves approximately 462 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Henry County School District, and it is showing signs of a genuine turnaround after several challenging years.

The most encouraging news for parents is the school’s dramatic improvement in attendance and early-grade math. Chronic absenteeism has plummeted from 48.4% in 2021-2022 to just 16.2% in 2025-2026—now better than both the district (19.6%) and state (17.7%) averages. This improvement coincides with a remarkable surge in 3rd-grade math proficiency, which jumped from 12.2% to 46.8% over three years, now nearly matching the state average and far exceeding nearby Birch Creek Elementary School (23.1%). The school’s overall state ranking has climbed from the 8th percentile to the 28th percentile in just two years, its best showing in over a decade. Per-student spending has also risen sharply to $17,653—the highest among comparable schools—and the student-teacher ratio has improved to 14.6:1.

However, challenges remain, particularly in upper grades. While 3rd graders excel, proficiency drops steadily by 5th grade (20% in math, 18.4% in science), well below state averages. This pattern suggests the school is building strong foundations but struggling to sustain momentum as students advance. Compared to Rocky Creek Elementary (a higher-performing neighbor), Oakland still lags significantly in 5th-grade subjects. The school also serves a predominantly economically disadvantaged population (76.4% free/reduced lunch), yet it outperforms nearby Wesley Lakes Elementary School on most metrics. For parents, Oakland offers a school that is clearly investing in improvement—with strong early-grade gains and better attendance—but one that still needs to focus on keeping students on track through the upper elementary years.

462

Students ?

14.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,653

Per pupil spending ?

76.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

551 Highway 81 W
McDonough, GA 30253

(770) 954-1901

District: Henry County

Students who attend Oakland Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Luella Middle School
High:	Luella High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

80.7%

Hispanic:

8.4%

Two or more races:

6.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2016 → 28th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (31% vs 47% meeting standards)

!Science scores 26 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg34%

Georgia avg47%

877^th of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▲ up 11 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 28% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 28Elementary Schools in the Henry County

142^nd of 202Henry County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	27.3	877 of 1222	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.9	1017 of 1238	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.3	1142 of 1236	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	1004 of 1223	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	1047 of 1220	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.3	1025 of 1214	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	1032 of 1234	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	1033 of 1209	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.0	1005 of 1205	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.4	1021 of 1233	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	26.4	926 of 1240	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	47.6	781 of 1231	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	38.9	882 of 1225	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.4	935 of 1201	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	43.3	809 of 1212	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.2	857 of 1183	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	36.5	819 of 1133	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	45.6	702 of 1134	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	30.6	876 of 1125	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	55.0	576 of 1101	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	41.9	459 of 829	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.8	654 of 892	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	782 of 879	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.4	556 of 870	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.6	662 of 876	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	29.7	829 of 1189	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	21.8	981 of 1224	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	1103 of 1223	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	936 of 1212	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	1011 of 1206	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2024	30.1	430 of 565	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	401 of 535	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	455 of 516	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	26.8	870 of 1186	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.0	1038 of 1225	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	1149 of 1220	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	1047 of 1210	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	1083 of 1209	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2024	17.0	445 of 487	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)45th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2026)30th percentile~ school

Male (2026)27th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2024)24th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2024)9th percentile~ school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics35%-13 vs state

Science18%-26 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Poor leadership and action on part of the administrators. Teachers are very hostile with kids based on personally seeing it during a few lunch visits. Kids bully other kids with no resolution or communication to parents. No one cares in this school. The very few caring teachers are outweighed by the bad. Believe everything you hear. I am sorry if your child has to attend here. It makes you want to move out of your home just to be in a different school. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

If you have a child that's special needs iI wouldn't send them to this school.My son has an IEP, and the team makes most of the decisions without your say so.My son has been suspended from this school at least 10 times.The administrator are not fair, and talk to you with no repect.I have even gone to the board with problems I' ve had with the school.They all stick together leaving the parent to handle things on there own.My son has been retaliated on, lied on you name it.My son has a disability but he is discriminated against.I am at the point where I don't or didn't know what to do accept move him from this school.I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to send there kid there.I was told that henry county schools was better system, but after this school I just not convinced any more.So parents please do yyour homework before sending your child to these school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Oakland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	551 Highway 81 W	McDonough	30253	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 954-1901	462	32	14.6	76.4%	12 (2.6%)	373 (80.7%)	39 (8.4%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.1%)	27.3	877^th of 1222 public elementary schools	28.2%		18.9	1017^th of 1238 public elementary schools	17.9%	140	46.8	34.2	20.0	18.4	$17,653	$1,179	$16,474
Birch Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	850 Willow Lane	McDonough	30253	Henry County	Henry County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(770) 957-6601	745	47	16.0	74.4%	34 (4.6%)	506 (67.9%)	164 (22.0%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.9%)	11.9	1128^th of 1222 public elementary schools	7.7%					(n/a)	23.1	20.7	16.0	23.0	$12,776	$1,016	$11,760
Wesley Lakes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	685 McDonough Pkwy	McDonough	30253	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 914-1889	564	38	15.0	83.3%	8 (1.4%)	463 (82.1%)	52 (9.2%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.5%)	11.8	1131^st of 1222 public elementary schools	7.4%		16.6	1058^th of 1238 public elementary schools	14.5%	73	22.1	25.9	17.5	17.5	$14,300	$1,024	$13,276
Luella Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	575 Walker Dr	Locust Grove	30248	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	No	(770) 288-2035	616	43	14.2	70.8%	35 (5.7%)	476 (77.3%)	57 (9.3%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.8%)	24.7	922^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	24.5%		30.9	821^st of 1238 public elementary schools	33.7%	101	43.7	34.3	20.6	21.6	$14,257	$672	$13,585
Walnut Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3535 McDonough Pkwy	McDonough	30253	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 288-8561	712	49	14.5	74.7%	33 (4.6%)	536 (75.3%)	79 (11.1%)	12 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.0%)	21	971^st of 1222 public elementary schools	20.5%		20.4	989^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.1%	18	26.5	29.3	28.4	28.3	$14,990	$1,074	$13,916
Mount Carmel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2450 Mount Carmel Rd	Hampton	30228	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 897-9799	547	38	14.3	76.6%	79 (14.4%)	321 (58.7%)	104 (19.0%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.6%)	34	772^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	36.8%		36.7	728^th of 1238 public elementary schools	41.2%	44	43.6	38.3	28.2	32.9	$14,343	$657	$13,686
Dutchtown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	159 Mitchell Rd	Hampton	30228	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	No	(770) 471-0844	962	60	15.9	63.2%	40 (4.2%)	703 (73.1%)	92 (9.6%)	69 (7.2%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (5.5%)	44.7	624^th of 1222 public elementary schools	48.9%		48.6	585^th of 1238 public elementary schools	52.7%	39	55.7	47.1	34.5	30.4	$12,519	$411	$12,109
Flippen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	425 Peach Dr	McDonough	30253	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	No	(770) 954-3522	559	44	12.6	69.6%	63 (11.3%)	351 (62.8%)	99 (17.7%)	21 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	25.6	900^th of 1222 public elementary schools	26.4%		38	711^th of 1238 public elementary schools	42.6%	189	36.4	40.9	18.7	24.4	$15,711	$522	$15,188
Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Academic Pkwy	Locust Grove	30248	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	No	(770) 288-8571	630	40	15.7	70.6%	28 (4.4%)	496 (78.7%)	51 (8.1%)	18 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.7%)	20.1	991^st of 1222 public elementary schools	18.9%		27.7	881^st of 1238 public elementary schools	28.8%	110	34.9	30.5	17.0	26.0	$13,377	$407	$12,970
Rocky Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	803 Hampton Locust Grove Rd	Hampton	30228	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	No	(770) 707-1469	696	47	14.9	67.2%	110 (15.8%)	451 (64.8%)	70 (10.1%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.3%)	54.3	510^th of 1222 public elementary schools	58.3%		48.5	586^th of 1238 public elementary schools	52.7%	76	56.2	47.9	44.4	35.8	$13,920	$411	$13,509

Frequently Asked Questions about Oakland Elementary School

Is Oakland Elementary School a good school?

Oakland Elementary School ranks 877^th of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Oakland Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Oakland Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Luella Middle School
High : Luella High School

What district is Oakland Elementary School in?

Henry County

How many students attend Oakland Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 462 students attended Oakland Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Oakland Elementary School?

Students at Oakland Elementary School are 81% African American, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% White, 2% Asian.

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