Oak Ridge Elementary

Located at 2050 Oak Ridge Road, in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Oak Ridge Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community that educates 712 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Oak Ridge Elementary is one of 123 schools operated by Guilford County Schools, a district that instructs 68,535 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Oak Ridge Elementary lists that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, Oak Ridge Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, 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 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Guilford County put median household earnings sit near $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Oak Ridge Elementary is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students).

Northwest Guilford High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Ridge Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Ridge Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 72.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 754 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Oak Ridge Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.