Total enrollment
30,193
+1,871 (+7%) vs SY 2017-18
49 schools in Ocala
Florida · Public K-12
For families in Ocala, public-school options total 49 K-12 campuses, with combined enrollment near 30,570 (28 elementary, 6 middle, and 11 high).
7-year change in Ocala
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
40
-6 (-13%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
36%
was 45%
% Hispanic
33%
was 23%
% Black
23%
was 24%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Ocala
Across Ocala, Florida, 49 public schools enrolls about 30,570 students between them.
In terms of grade levels, the city is built around 28 elementary, 6 middle, 11 high, and 4 other.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 624, meaningfully below the state mean of about 705.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment rose 7%: 28,322 students in SY 2017-18 versus 30,193 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Ocala closed 6 schools, going from 46 to 40. On the demographic side, Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 33% over the same window.
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