SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL

SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale combined-grade schools in LIVE OAK, Florida, run under SUWANNEE, with 66 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 81% smaller than typical.

SUWANNEE comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,004 students; SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Suwannee County's rate of about 56%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Suwannee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,658, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Suwannee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,004 students), SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL.

SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

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