Oakleaf Plantation: fees and school zones.
Planned communities · Clay County · west of Jacksonville
The shape of Oakleaf Plantation on the First Coast.
Oakleaf Plantation is a cluster of communities in Clay County’s west Jacksonville growth area. The Oakleaf Town Center and nearby grocery centers collect many routine errands, while road access, school assignment, and community fees depend on the exact address.
Oakleaf’s appeal is the combination of neighborhood amenities and nearby everyday retail without a single uniform subdivision package. Homes sit in different phases and associations, so a buyer should compare the property’s recorded POA or HOA dues, any Community Development District assessment, and the current Clay County school assignment separately. The regional trade-off is a car-first routine: groceries and shopping are close to the Oakleaf centers, while broader retail and entertainment extend north into Orange Park. Blanding Boulevard, SR 23 / First Coast Expressway, and I-295 are the main road choices; actual drive times depend on the home, destination, and departure window.
- Median sale price · September 2026
- $347,940 · Realtor.com closed-sale snapshot
- HOA / POA costs
- Unavailable community-wide · dues depend on the subdivision and address
- CDD costs
- No single Oakleaf-wide rate · Double Branch CDD FY2026 single-family annual example: $1,003.35 maintenance + $877.91 debt service
- Median year built · ACS 2020–2024
- 2007
- School zones
- Clay County · assignment is address-specific; confirm on current district maps
- Mean commute to work · ACS 2020–2024
- 32.3 minutes · individual drive times vary by destination and time of day
Oakleaf school assignments follow the address.
The board approved a 2025–26 boundary realignment naming Oakleaf Village, Discovery Oaks, and Plantation Oaks as elementary feeders to Oakleaf Junior High. Check current Clay County maps for a home address; the Oakleaf name alone does not determine attendance.
- ElementaryOakleaf Village Elementary SchoolOne of three elementary campuses in the board-approved 2025–26 feeder pattern for Oakleaf Junior High. Check current district maps for a specific home address.
- ElementaryDiscovery Oaks Elementary SchoolOne of three elementary campuses in the board-approved 2025–26 feeder pattern for Oakleaf Junior High. Check current district maps for a specific home address.
- ElementaryPlantation Oaks Elementary SchoolOne of three elementary campuses in the board-approved 2025–26 feeder pattern for Oakleaf Junior High. Check current district maps for a specific home address.
- MiddleOakleaf Junior High SchoolThe board-approved 2025–26 realignment described its attendance area by roads and district boundaries and moved sixth grade from the feeder campuses. Confirm a home address against the current district map.
- HighOakleaf High SchoolA local high-school campus, but the Oakleaf community name does not establish its attendance zone. Verify the home address with Clay County’s current high-school map.
The places you actually go in Oakleaf Plantation.
Oakleaf Town Center and the two Publix nodes focus routine shopping; Orange Park Mall and Thrasher-Horne Center extend the retail and entertainment circuit beyond Oakleaf.
Oakleaf’s everyday geography is concentrated around its grocery and open-air retail centers, with resident recreation inside participating communities and a regional entertainment step in Orange Park. The venues below distinguish Oakleaf stops from nearby destinations rather than treating them as one walkable town center.
- Full-line grocery at Oakleaf Commons, a practical stop for homes on the Oakleaf side of the west Jacksonville corridor.
- A second Publix in the Oakleaf Plantation Center retail node along Argyle Forest Boulevard.
What it is like to actually live in Oakleaf Plantation.
Oakleaf works best for buyers who want neighborhood recreation and a concentrated set of shopping and grocery options, and are comfortable driving for most errands. The diligence is more address-specific than the name suggests: association rules and fees, CDD assessments, school boundaries, and the route to work can change from one community to another.
- Amenities have an address attachedOakleaf has community amenity centers and pools, but access and upkeep are tied to the community and its governing documents. Confirm which facilities a property includes, who may use them, and the current annual assessments before comparing monthly costs.
- Routine errands cluster; walkability does notOakleaf Town Center, Oakleaf Commons, and Oakleaf Plantation Center put groceries and daily retail in the same broad orbit. The pattern is still car-oriented: check the actual sidewalk and trail connection from a home rather than assuming a nearby center is walkable.
- School names do not settle zoningOakleaf Village, Discovery Oaks, Plantation Oaks, Oakleaf Junior High, and Oakleaf High are relevant campus names in the area. Clay County publishes separate attendance maps by school level; verify each home against the current map and district locator.
- Commute routes are the tradeThe ACS mean commute is a population measure, not a promise for a particular drive. Blanding Boulevard, SR 23 / First Coast Expressway, and I-295 create different approaches to Jacksonville, Orange Park, and the wider Clay County job base; test the route at the hours you expect to travel.
A nearby regional destination, shown in context.
This licensed photograph shows Orange Park Mall in nearby Orange Park — a regional shopping stop, not Oakleaf residential streets.

Orange Park Mall, a regional shopping destination in nearby Orange Park. Photograph by Michael Rivera, 16 August 2015, resized from Wikimedia Commons (File: Orange Park Mall entrance).License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources, definitions, and what to check by address.
The September 2026 sale-price snapshot is not a tax value or forecast. ACS 2020–2024 figures describe the Oakleaf Plantation CDP, not a particular house or commute. No community-wide HOA/POA median or universal CDD rate is available; the Double Branch figure is one district-specific FY2026 example, and recorded charges vary by address. The named elementary campuses follow the district’s approved 2025–26 feeder pattern; use current Clay County maps to confirm each home. The Explore the Area marker uses the Census CDP centroid; its small map hit area is not a legal or parcel boundary. The licensed image shows nearby Orange Park Mall, not Oakleaf residential streets.
- Realtor.com · Oakleaf Plantation market snapshot
September 2026 market page reports a $347,940 median sold price; this provider snapshot is time-bound and differs from a list-price or tax-value measure.
- U.S. Census Bureau · QuickFacts · Oakleaf Plantation CDP
Mean travel time to work for workers age 16 and older, ACS 2020–2024; this is a population mean, not a property-specific drive estimate.
- Neilsberg · Oakleaf Plantation housing and demographics
Reports the ACS 2020–2024 median year structure built as 2007 and cites U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
- Oakleaf Plantation Property Owners Association · FAQs
Explains the Oakleaf East/West community and CDD distinctions; use the recorded declaration and current assessment for each property.
- Double Branch CDD · FY2026 adopted budget
Annual single-family assessment example: $1,003.35 maintenance and $877.91 debt service; this is one district’s FY2026 schedule, not a community-wide rate.
- Clay County District Schools · School Maps
Use the current attendance maps to confirm each elementary, junior-high, and high-school assignment by home address.
- Clay County School Board · approved Oakleaf Junior High boundary, 2025–26
The board-approved realignment names Discovery Oaks, Oakleaf Village, and Plantation Oaks as elementary feeders to Oakleaf Junior High and describes the junior-high attendance area effective for 2025–26.
- U.S. Census Bureau · TIGERweb · Florida CDPs
Oakleaf Plantation CDP centroid used for the Explore the Area map marker; the marker footprint is an interaction target, not an official boundary.
- Clay County · Oakleaf Community Park
County facility listing: Oakleaf Community Park is a 102-acre site leased to Oakleaf Sports Association, with baseball, football, multi-purpose fields, and a playground.
- Oakleaf Town Center · current tenant directory
Center and tenant information from the property operator.
- Orange Park Mall · directory
Current mall directory for AMC Orange Park 24, 2nd & Charles, and other regional shopping and entertainment tenants.
- Wikimedia Commons · Orange Park Mall entrance photograph
Photograph by Michael Rivera, 16 August 2015; resized and reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution and license link beside the image.
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