Oak Ridge Elementary School

Oak Ridge Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in ROYAL OAK, Michigan, overseen by Royal Oak Schools, teaches 404 students, covering grades K through 5.

Royal Oak Schools runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,727 students. Oak Ridge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oak Ridge Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Oak Ridge Elementary School shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak Ridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household income runs about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Oak Ridge Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Nearest neighbor: Churchill Community Ed Center, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Ridge Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Oak Ridge Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Ridge Elementary School has shrank 7%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Oak Ridge Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.