Oakridge Elementary

Oakridge Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Arlington, Virginia, part of Arlington County Public Schools, caters to 636 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Oakridge Elementary sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Arlington County Public Schools comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 27,950 students; Oakridge Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Oakridge Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, Oakridge Elementary records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Oakridge Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at Oakridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Oakridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Arlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $142,114 per year, 77% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arlington County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), of which Oakridge Elementary is one.

Gunston Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakridge Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.5%.

Oakridge Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakridge Elementary has decreased 20%, going from 798 students in 2018 to 636 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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