OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER

OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER, a medium-sized elementary campus in OAKLAND, Florida, operated by ORANGE, enrolls 519 students, covering grades K through 5.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 42% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 79.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

The closest other public school is TILDENVILLE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. As a public charter, OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 519). The White share of enrollment expanded from 58% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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