Forest Oak Elementary School

Forest Oak Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Newark, Delaware, one of the schools within Red Clay Consolidated School District. The school caters to 429 students in grades K through 5.

Forest Oak Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Red Clay Consolidated School District, a district that works with 14,444 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Forest Oak Elementary School records that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Forest Oak Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for New Castle County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Forest Oak Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Meadowood Program, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Forest Oak Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Oak Elementary School has fell 23%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Forest Oak Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.