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Enrollment
906
Middle
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030007174
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH
4085 PLANTATION OAKS BLVD, ORANGE PARK, FL 32065 · (904) 336-5775 · Clay County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
492 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 467 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 439 | 48% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 69.3% |
% 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
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH this school | 906 | 54.3% | 66.6% |
| FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 897 | 58.1% | 48.0% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 917 | 53.7% | 50.7% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 854 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
| HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 824 | 50.2% | 49.6% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #121 of 560 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #185 of 560 ▼ 58 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #147 of 560 ▼ 39 | #3 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #213 of 584 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #32 of 547 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #26 of 553 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #245 of 565 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #13 of 379 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
906
-237 (-21%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,271
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 906 | 58 | 15.6:1 | 54% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 993 | 61.5 | 16.1:1 | 53% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 1,118 | 65.5 | 17.1:1 | 46% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 1,143 | 66 | 17.3:1 | 31% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 1,544 | 82 | 18.8:1 | 37% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 1,483 | 83 | 17.9:1 | 30% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 1,271 | 69 | 18.4:1 | 25% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH.
About OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH serves students in ORANGE PARK, Florida, as a medium-sized middle school. Enrolled students number 906 students, in grades 6 through 8.
Across its 50 schools, CLAY enrolls 39,116 students. OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is one of those schools.
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 41%. Other reported shares: 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 12% Black among all Clay County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.6:1, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 54% of enrollment. That tracks the 54% average for public schools in Clay County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH would score about 54.0%. It scores 66.6%, 12.7 points above that figure.
Within Clay County, the median household income is $87,820, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH, Clay County has 54 other public schools.
The closest public school to OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH's enrollment dropped 21%, to 906. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.6:1, from 17.3:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in ORANGE PARK
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,022 students
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARYElementary · 915 students
Nearby schools
- PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 915
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,307
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 915
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,022
- ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY2.0 mi · 787
- CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 871
Frequently asked questions
About OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH?
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 906 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH serve?
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH have?
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH?
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH reports a student body of 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 41% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH?
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is overseen by CLAY in Clay County.
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