BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in BELLEVIEW, Florida, BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 663 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by MARION.

Within MARION, which oversees 62 schools and 46,349 students, BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -9.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Marion County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 23% since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 663). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 25% to 33%.

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