OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH

OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is one of the average-sized middle schools in ORANGE PARK, Florida, one of the schools within CLAY, with 906 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within CLAY, which oversees 50 schools and 39,116 students, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 66.6%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).

The closest other public school is PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 41%: 1,544 students in 2018 compared to 906 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 40% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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