The 100 Best Community Colleges in America
By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News
On 5/16/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
With college costs mounting and student debt remaining a hot topic of conversation, public opinion on four-year colleges has begun to shift, as people contemplate whether they are in fact the only or best option for all students. An estimated 8.7 million undergraduates enrolled in public, two-year colleges during the 2016–17 academic year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. A 2019 study from TD Ameritrade found 36 percent of Gen Z students considered attending a community college before a four-year college, while 21 percent considered attending a community college instead of a four-year college.
A newly named charter school company that operates Ocali Charter Middle School announced plans recently to add a high school campus, beginning with ninth grade in the 2022-23 school year.
Teecy Matthews, the executive director of what is now called Clear Choice Academies, Inc., said the organization s board of directors is looking for property to house the middle school this fall and the high school in August 2022.
Ocali Charter Middle School’s 159 students in grades 6-8 and 22 employees are currently housed in several storefronts in the Maricamp Square shopping center, 3233 SE Maricamp Road. The new school will be called Ocali Charter High School.