OAK RIDGE HIGH

OAK RIDGE HIGH is one of the substantial secondary schools in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE, with 2,553 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 147% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), OAK RIDGE HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, OAK RIDGE HIGH shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, OAK RIDGE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. OAK RIDGE HIGH is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

CHANCERY HIGH CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK RIDGE HIGH ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

OAK RIDGE HIGH operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 2,902 students in 2018 compared to 2,553 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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