ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized K-5 school in ORANGE PARK, Florida, ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 489 students from grades K through 6, overseen by CLAY.

CLAY runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 39,116 students. ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.5%; ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 93.8%, +30.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,820 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).

Nearest neighbor: GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 489). Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 14% across the same window.

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