DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY

As a big elementary campus in ORANGE PARK, Florida, DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY caters to 915 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under CLAY. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 604.

CLAY runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 39,116 students. DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY lists that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clay County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of +9.1 points.

Across the wider county, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,820, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).

Nearest neighbor: OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

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