Oakridge Middle School, Naples FL

Original Research by School Decision on Oakridge Middle School

Oakridge Middle School sits on Collier Boulevard in the inland part of Naples, serving sixth through eighth graders in the Collier County Public Schools district. The school draws from the master-planned communities that have grown up in this part of southwest Florida, and that context shapes a good deal of what families find here.

The academic picture on Florida's FAST assessments is strong in most areas but carries one conspicuous gap worth examining. In ELA, proficiency rates are solid and relatively consistent across all three grades, placing the majority of students at or above standard. In math, sixth and seventh grade results are genuinely impressive, with the vast majority of students testing proficient. Eighth grade math is a different story: proficiency falls to well under half of students, a drop that is sharp enough that a parent should ask the school directly what is happening at that transition point, whether it reflects a shift in course placement, the introduction of more advanced content, or something else. Eighth grade science, tested once at the state level in middle school, shows strong proficiency, roughly in line with the better ELA results. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether the eighth grade math pattern is improving, stable, or new.

The student body is sizable for a middle school, drawing roughly equal numbers across all three grades. White students make up a clear majority, with Hispanic students representing about a third of enrollment and smaller shares of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is modest relative to many Florida schools, pointing to a relatively economically comfortable population. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.

The neighborhood housing market reflects Naples broadly: home values here are well above both state and national medians, and they have softened modestly over the past year. Renting is also expensive, with rent consuming a notable share of a typical household budget. This is one of the more costly school zones in Florida, which matters for families considering relocation.

Collier County as a district has been through some meaningful recent changes. Voters in late 2024 renewed a tax-neutral referendum that shifts funding from capital to operating without raising taxes, sustaining support for teacher pay, arts, and athletics through 2029. That kind of budget stability is worth noting for families who follow district finances. The district also opened a new high school in North Naples in 2023, built debt-free, with career academies in engineering, health sciences, information technology, entrepreneurship, and law. Oakridge students heading to high school will enter a district that has been deliberately expanding its career and academic pathway offerings. Separately, the district shifted to a structured phonics curriculum in lower grades and added reading support for middle and high schoolers starting in 2023-24, a response to concerns about grade-level reading rates; parents of Oakridge students may want to ask how that middle-school reading support is implemented.

Naples itself, publicly reported as a Gulf-coast city mixing upscale residential neighborhoods with a walkable historic core, offers cultural anchors including Artis-Naples, the von Liebig Art Center, Gulfshore Playhouse, and Cambier Park, which hosts free concerts through late spring. The downtown commercial and dining spine along Fifth Avenue South and Third Street South is the social heart of the city, though Oakridge's Collier Boulevard address puts it well inland from that older core, in the more recently developed residential reaches of the city.

Program details for Oakridge specifically were not available in the data provided, so a parent interested in electives, clubs, athletics, or enrichment offerings would want to go directly to the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 687%

School 87% · District 73% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 791%

School 91% · District 80% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 53% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 679%

School 79% · District 63% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 776%

School 76% · District 62% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 60% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 55% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolCOLLIER, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income69%Higher-income83%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income84%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income62%Higher-income85%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income80%Higher-income90%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income81%Higher-income95%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income50%11 pp gap