DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in DUNNELLON, Florida, DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school, overseen by MARION. It enrolls 644 students across grades pre-K through 5.

MARION runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 46,349 students. DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $61,010, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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