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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001177
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4530 SHELFER RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32305 · (850) 488-3124 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
339 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
30.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -19.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 49.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 432 | 78.5% | 31.8% |
| SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 459 | 77.8% | 40.9% |
| SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 396 | 78.3% | 26.6% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 397 | 78.3% | 38.0% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 446 | 79.1% | 47.7% |
| MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 436 | 82.1% | 48.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #2,038 of 2,136 | #28 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #2,106 of 2,149 ▼ 701 | #28 of 28 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #2,062 of 2,149 ▲ 1 | #27 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #1,668 of 2,267 | #25 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #644 of 2,077 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #1,594 of 2,108 | #22 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #188 of 2,188 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #559 of 1,374 | #10 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 78% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 77% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 82% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 75% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 84% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 80% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 90% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 84% (645) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 43 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school based in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. Enrollment totals 432 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 28% below that mark.
The district, LEON, operates 51 schools serving 31,579 students.
About 74% of the student body at OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% White. County-wide, 30% of Leon County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
With 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 78% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Leon County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 41.8%. It scores 31.8%, 10.0 points below that figure.
The school's county is Leon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 63 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,246, OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 9%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
The OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
Other Oak Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Ridge Elementary. OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolPalos Hills, IL · 774 students
- Oak Ridge ElementaryOak Ridge, NC · 712 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 678 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 608 students
- Oak Ridge ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 521 students
Nearby schools
- FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 735
- TALLAHASSEE CLASSICAL SCHOOL2.0 mi · 345
- FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 519
- R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 625
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,718
- BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
Is OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 15% Hispanic, 74% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.