ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL

ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL, a big high school in ORANGE PARK, Florida, overseen by CLAY, caters to 1,844 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 78% bigger than typical.

Within CLAY, which oversees 50 schools and 39,116 students, ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL reports 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clay County) shows that median household income runs about $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Clay County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students), of which ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLAY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 1,581 students in 2018 compared to 1,844 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.