OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier intermediate school in NEWBERRY, Florida, one of the schools within ALACHUA. The school enrolls 962 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 794.

OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by ALACHUA, a district that teaches 28,255 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 55.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Alachua County shows median household earnings sit near $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Alachua County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), of which OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 15%, going from 835 students in 2018 to 962 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 65% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.