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Enrollment
915
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030007450
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4150 PLANTATION OAKS BLVD, ORANGE PARK, FL 32065 · (904) 336-2775 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
551 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (112).
Student demographics
72%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
63.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 66.1% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 915 | 60.2% | 62.7% |
| CRYSTAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 883 | 55.3% | 43.6% |
| ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 722 | 63.2% | 52.0% |
| JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WINTER HAVEN | 746 | 63.0% | 51.5% |
| OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,022 | 57.0% | 60.9% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #737 of 2,136 | #10 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,220 of 2,149 ▼ 519 | #23 of 29 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #695 of 2,149 ▼ 157 | #11 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #280 of 2,267 | #4 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #351 of 2,077 | #25 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #99 of 2,108 | #6 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #901 of 2,188 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #125 of 1,374 | #2 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
915
-86 (-9%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 915 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 60% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 959 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 56% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 938 | 71 | 13.2:1 | 48% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 1,001 | 71 | 14.1:1 | 36% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 1,378 | 85 | 16.2:1 | 38% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 1,254 | 80 | 15.7:1 | 29% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 23% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public large elementary school in ORANGE PARK, Florida. It educates 915 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 51% larger than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to CLAY, which has 50 schools and 39,116 students.
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 41%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Clay County residents are about 12% Black. PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.1:1 comes from the school's 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 60% in 2024-25.
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (62.7%) and its predicted rate (51.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Among Clay County residents, median household income is about $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 55 public schools in Clay County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,806.
OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH is the public school closest to PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 62.7% compares with 61.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 1,001 students in 2020-21 and 915 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
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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
- OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH0.3 mi · 906
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,307
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 915
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,022
- ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY1.9 mi · 787
- CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 871
Frequently asked questions
About PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 915 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 23% White, 23% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CLAY in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.