Oasis Charter Schools report high achievement

Aug 25, 2025 By MEGHAN BRADBURY 6 min read

Oasis Charter School is hitting the academic high notes, according to its numbers.

The city of Cape Coral’s municipal charter school system had most students at proficiency level or better in English Language Arts, math and science at all four schools.

Oasis Charter Schools Superintendent Jacquelin Collins discussed three goals from last school year with the municipal school board Tuesday — student achievement, continuous improvement, and community engagement as part of her state of the school’s address. 

The presentation was broken down into FAST scores, which measure proficiency — a Level 3 or higher — for all four schools. Proficiency at the state level is graded on Levels 1 through 5 with students at Level 3 scoring on grade level, Level 4 at proficient in the subject matter and Level 5 demonstrating exemplary success.

For English Language Arts 73% were proficient in third grade at Oasis Elementary South, 61% in fourth grade and 71% in fifth grade.

Oasis Elementary North students scored at 77% proficiency in third grade, 75% in fourth grade and 72% in fifth grade for English Language Arts.

“When you hit 80% or higher you are automatically categorized as a School of Excellence,” Collins said.

She said they have a plan where they take the lower-level functioning students in math and group them in 11 to 13 students with a specialized teacher to walk them through the curriculum.

“We did extraordinarily well when compared to the state and Lee County,” Collins said. “Anything below 70% is not acceptable.”

For Oasis Elementary South, 72% of third  graders were proficient in math, 79% in fourth grade and 86% in fifth grade.

For Oasis Elementary North 85% were proficient in math, 88% in fourth grade and 82% in fifth grade

For Oasis High School 70% of students were proficient in biology, and U.S. History hit 87% proficiency.

“I think that is the highest in the school district. We had significant gains in that area,” Collins said.

Ninth grade English Language Arts had a 76% proficiency and 10th grade had a 73% proficiency.

OHS had a 39% proficiency for algebra, and 68% for geometry.

Collins said for algebra and geometry there is a different skill set, and scores tend to be a little lower.

“Did we do better than the state and district, not so much in algebra,” she said, adding that they hired two new teachers this year who received mentoring and coaching.

Oasis Middle School proficiency was also shared. For eighth grade science there was a 78% proficiency, 86% for seventh grade civics and 99% for eighth grade algebra.

For English Language Arts there was an 80% proficiency for sixth grade, 74% for seventh grade and 82% for eighth grade. For sixth grade students there was an 83% proficiency for math, 52% for seventh grade and 88% for eighth grade.

Collins said Oasis Middle School has done exceptionally well in English Language Arts for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.

“It is not the first time their scores are this high,” she said. “They are a top-performing school in the district and probably the top 10% in the state of Florida.”

Numbers for the system’s two elementary schools were also shared.

“In every grade level we far exceed the state and district scores,” she said.

With that said, OES had a dip in fourth grade at 61% proficiency. Collin said the principal has a phonics program for the lower performers at Oasis Elementary South, since there was a dip in the fourth grade proficiency.

Science had a 76% proficiency rate at Oasis Elementary South and 69% proficiency at Oasis Elementary North.

There was a 5% gain in science for OEN at 76% proficiency. She said there is a science special, in addition to a STEM special to help teachers meet student’s needs, which includes such things as hands on experimentation and extracurricular things.

The presentation also included the overall points and whether the school had any gains.

For Oasis Elementary South, there was a drop of 30 points, earning the school 548 points.

Oasis Elementary North had a gain of 38 points for a total of 574 points. Some of the larger gains were in ELA learning gains of 11 points, and ELA of the lowest 25% at a gain of nine points.

Oasis Middle School gained 81 points for 706 total points. The largest gains were in science for 16 points gained, 13 points for acceleration and ELA of the lowest 25%.

For Oasis High School, Collins said, has made significant gains in the area of ELA learning gains for the lowest 25th percentile of students with 12 points. She said that was the focus for the high school, tackling lower performing students and making sure they made gains, so they can catch up to their peers.

The Cambridge testing highlights included testing 1,207 students with 836 passing at a 69% proficiency. Collins said it is highly significant that they had those numbers for students passing the tests. For the English General Paper there was a 90% pass rate and global perspective a 99% pass rate.

For the overall points, the high school earned 646 points.

Collins said the school system went from good to great and now they are targeting going from great to exceptional. That goal can be done by K-12 aligned framework in a variety of ways to make sure academic goals are being met.

She said they focus on the same learning and instructional strategies at the kindergarten, sixth grade, and 12th grade level where teachers are teaching in unison.

“There are systems in place, so that curriculum is the same, instruction is the same and professional learning across the system is the same,” Collins said. “We have a culture that demands high expectations for all, and we are making sure students are prepared.”

The presentation also highlighted continuous improvement, which dealt with identifying, recruiting, and retaining high caliber teachers.

The overall turnover was 15% (29) for employees, which broken down more was 14% of certified staff and 19% of support staff. The reasons for leaving ranged from non-renewal contract of six employees to one moving to a position outside of education.

Collins said they had an overall salary increase of $1,458,500. There was also bonus amounts of $725,450. She said in addition, teaching staff and support staff received a school recognition bonus for a total amount of $462,526.

“This year they also received a 1% increase. We are still working hard to maintain salaries and take the best care we are able to afford to do so,” she said.

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