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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001270
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1112 NE 28TH ST, OCALA, FL 34470 · (352) 671-6350 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
528 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
29.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 32.2% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 631 | 83.7% | 28.3% |
| HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY HOLLY HILL | 601 | 82.4% | 32.7% |
| MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 635 | 82.2% | 41.5% |
| WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 502 | 83.7% | 30.6% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 774 | 83.9% | 35.8% |
| PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 697 | 81.8% | 34.5% |
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 OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #2,094 of 2,136 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #2,067 of 2,149 ▼ 35 | #28 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #2,076 of 2,149 no change | #32 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #923 of 2,267 | #21 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,922 of 2,077 | #31 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #497 of 2,108 | #15 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #83 of 2,188 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #558 of 621 | #18 of 19 |
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
631
+160 (+34%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 631 | 32 | 19.7:1 | 84% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 77% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 83% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 82% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 87% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 58 | 13.5:1 | 82% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 80% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 86% (534) |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of OCALA, Florida. The school had 631 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
In MARION, 62 schools enroll a combined 46,349 students.
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 49%. The remaining students are 24% White, 19% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Marion County, the Black share is about 12%. By the diversity index, OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 66%.
Its teaching staff equals 32 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 84%. That is higher than the 57% average for public schools in Marion County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Marion County show that median household income is about $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 68 public schools in Marion County, with a combined enrollment of about 46,349.
Nearby, VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away. OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 28.3% versus a 37.0% average.
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 34%, from 471 to 631. The ratio was 15.2:1 in 2020-21 and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
400,078
Census ACS
Median income
$61,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
46,349 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,904 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,600 students
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
Other schools in OCALA
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,447 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,402 students
- HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKSMiddle · 1,260 students
Other Oakcrest Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Oakcrest Elementary. OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 527 students
Nearby schools
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,684
- OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 116
- FORDHAM EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY1.5 mi · 215
- WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 502
- NEW LEAF CENTER1.6 mi · 123
- FORT KING MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 918
Frequently asked questions
About OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 631 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 24% White, 19% Hispanic, 49% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARION.
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