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Live Oak Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1175^th

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of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 5% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Live Oak Elementary is a public elementary school in Covington, Georgia, serving 922 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Newton County School District, which is ranked 159 out of 206 districts in the state.

Live Oak Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Georgia elementary schools, with significantly below-average academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 16.3% of 3rd graders, 17.3% of 4th graders, and 20% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the Newton County averages of 21.8%, 24.6%, and 30%, respectively. The school's performance in Mathematics is also very low, with only 14.8% of 3rd graders, 14.7% of 4th graders, and 6.9% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the Newton County averages of 27.9%, 25.6%, and 25.3%.

Live Oak Elementary's academic challenges may be attributed to its high-poverty student population, with 84.92% to 84.96% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, as well as its relatively low per-student spending and higher student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools. In contrast, the Newton County Theme School at Ficquett, a public charter school in the district, significantly outperforms Live Oak Elementary and other district schools, with much higher proficiency rates in core subjects, potentially due to its lower percentage of free/reduced-price lunch recipients at 42.44%.

936

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,030

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 Kirkland Rd
Covington, GA 30016

(678) 625-6654

District: Newton County

Students who attend Live Oak Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Clements Middle School
High:	Newton High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

84.5%

Hispanic:

6.6%

Two or more races:

4.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (15% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 24 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school15%

District avg27%

Georgia avg42%

1,175^th of 1,238

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 23 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Newton County

159^th of 206Newton 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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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	1175 of 1238	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	1132 of 1248	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	1054 of 1242	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	1009 of 1244	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.0	893 of 1214	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	924 of 1234	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	837 of 1209	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	29.1	855 of 1205	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	38.3	754 of 1233	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	28.6	886 of 1240	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.4	941 of 1231	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	50.2	744 of 1225	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	53.2	685 of 1201	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	23.5	1020 of 1212	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts18%-21 vs state

Science16%-28 vs state

Mathematics12%-33 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, May 6, 2022

The staff here are horrendous, lack communication and comprehension- deliberately are not documenting the children’s growth and development throughout the year.
They are not intrigued by parent involvement, does not tend to their due diligence when maintaining the school’s culture, creed nor ethics, very unpleasant & unorganized. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, July 27, 2017

From what I can see. One 🌟 is approximately fair. This school lacks organization, compassion for kids and family's, higher education, ect... I was in utter shock with what I seen. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, July 21, 2011

My son has Adhd. I am frequently involved in his education. All I ask is for good communication from the principal, teacher, councilor and nurse. I can rate the nurse and the teacher excellent, but the others have very poor communication skills. I would leave messages ask for appointments and send letters with no response. They even did an annual review of my sons 504 plan without notifing me of the meeting, which I have every right to attend. A month later they sent a copy home of the 504 which noted that the mother didn't show. I was irate. Luckily the teacher and I had good parent/teacher relationship and were able to keep my son from falling behind and having testing issues. But as a parent who has paid excessive money to Sylvan, private tutors and a psychologist, I must say that I was extremely disappointed by the lack of interest and responsibility that the school overall took in my son. He is not a problem child, no behavior issues. By the end of the year I was exhausted with frustration. I don't know what we will do this year. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2025)	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)						Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)						Milestones Assessment Science (2025)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Live Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Kirkland Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 625-6654	936	61	15.2	100.0%	27 (2.9%)	791 (84.5%)	62 (6.6%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.8%)	10.4	1175^th of 1238 public elementary schools	5.1%		13.4	1132^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	9.3%	43		16.3	17.3	20.0				14.8	14.7	6.9				15.8			$14,030	$941	$13,089
Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3325 Fairview Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 784-2959	591	44	13.4	100.0%	79 (13.4%)	360 (60.9%)	117 (19.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.9%)	12.7	1137^th of 1238 public elementary schools	8.2%		18.3	1033^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	17.2%	104		16.0	16.0	20.0				16.0	17.0	17.9				22.1			$16,299	$1,168	$15,131
Porterdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	45 Ram Dr	Covington	30014	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 784-2928	405	31	13.0	100.0%	23 (5.7%)	309 (76.3%)	48 (11.9%)	6 (1.5%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.0%)	25.9	912^th of 1238 public elementary schools	26.3%		24.4	937^th of 1248 public elementary schools	24.9%	25		10.7	22.0	25.8				28.6	20.0	24.2				50.0			$17,800	$1,554	$16,246
South Salem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5335 Salem Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 787-1330	855	59	14.5	100.0%	114 (13.3%)	571 (66.8%)	111 (13.0%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (5.7%)	17.7	1034^th of 1238 public elementary schools	16.5%		14.2	1113^th of 1248 public elementary schools	10.8%	79		18.0	19.7	25.2				21.1	17.9	14.7				32.2			$15,856	$1,184	$14,672
West Newton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13387 Brown Bridge Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 385-6472	698	45	15.4	100.0%	35 (5.0%)	505 (72.3%)	127 (18.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	24 (3.4%)	16.2	1068^th of 1238 public elementary schools	13.7%		14.4	1105^th of 1248 public elementary schools	11.5%	37		17.2	14.1	29.3				21.3	20.0	19.2				22.2			$14,806	$1,065	$13,741
Peek's Chapel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 Avalon Pkwy	Conyers	30013	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 761-1842	591	37	15.9	100.0%	8 (1.4%)	485 (82.1%)	60 (10.2%)	10 (1.7%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.6%)	19.1	1013^th of 1238 public elementary schools	18.2%		31.2	828^th of 1248 public elementary schools	33.7%	185		21.1	18.8	29.7				17.9	14.6	25.3				28.6			$15,212	$1,261	$13,951
Middle Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11649 Covington By Pass Rd	Covington	30014	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 385-6463	594	44	13.4	100.0%	79 (13.3%)	368 (62.0%)	81 (13.6%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	52 (8.8%)	14.6	1099^th of 1238 public elementary schools	11.2%		16.7	1070^th of 1248 public elementary schools	14.3%	29		10.3	19.1	24.0				13.8	16.9	19.8				28.1			$16,218	$1,471	$14,747
Livingston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3657 Highway 81 S	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 784-2930	357	29	12.1	100.0%	30 (8.4%)	249 (69.7%)	35 (9.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (11.2%)	21.8	977^th of 1238 public elementary schools	21.1%		17.7	1047^th of 1248 public elementary schools	16.1%	70		21.2	25.0	27.3				20.0	17.9	27.3				30.3			$18,261	$1,530	$16,731
Newton County Theme School at Ficquett	Public	PK, KG-8	2207 Williams St NE	Covington	30014	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	No	(770) 786-2636	1,095	62	17.5	52.2%	422 (38.5%)	502 (45.8%)	86 (7.9%)	14 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (6.2%)	88.6	141^st of 1238 public elementary schools	88.6%		83.6	192^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	84.6%	51	100.0	55.5	49.5	73.5	71.7	60.7	80.2	73.4	58.7	72.6	52.2	49.3	91.1	73.5	71.7	72.7
Flat Shoals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1455 Flat Shoals Rd SE	Conyers	30013	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 483-5136	639	50	12.7	91.1%	23 (3.6%)	475 (74.3%)	90 (14.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	41 (6.4%)	24.9	930^th of 1238 public elementary schools	24.9%		31.3	825^th of 1248 public elementary schools	33.9%	105		18.3	22.6	37.8				20.2	21.8	31.5				29.1			$17,581	$977	$16,604

Frequently Asked Questions about Live Oak Elementary

How many students attend Live Oak Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 936 students attended Live Oak Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Live Oak Elementary attend?

Students who attend Live Oak Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Clements Middle School
High : Newton High School

What district is Live Oak Elementary in?

Newton County

Is Live Oak Elementary a good school?

Live Oak Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.1% of Georgia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Live Oak Elementary?

Students at Live Oak Elementary are 85% African American, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% White.

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