Summary:
Zip code 30054, serving the Oxford, Georgia area, contains one elementary school, Flint Hill Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Newton County school district.
Flint Hill Elementary is the only school in this zip code, and it faces significant challenges. The school has a 100% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a high-poverty student population, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 30.1%—nearly double the state average of 17.7%. Academically, the school is struggling, with proficiency rates well below both district and state averages. For example, only 8.0% of 5th graders are proficient in math compared to the state average of 44.1%, and 5th-grade science proficiency stands at 11.4% versus the state's 44.2%. The school's state ranking has also declined sharply, dropping from the 12th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 2nd percentile in 2025-2026, with a 0-star rating in the most recent year.
Despite these struggles, the school does invest meaningful resources, spending $15,625 per student and maintaining a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. However, year-over-year data shows declines in most subjects, with 3rd-grade math falling from 30.5% to 18.4% proficiency and 5th-grade science dropping from 18.6% to 11.4%. The only improvement was in 4th-grade math, which rose from 11.3% to 16.2%. Notably, Flint Hill Elementary also underperforms its own district averages across all subjects and grade levels, suggesting that even within a district facing similar demographic challenges, this school is lagging. For parents, this data points to a school where high poverty, absenteeism, and declining academic outcomes are pressing concerns, and where current investments have not yet translated into improved student achievement.
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