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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,562
High
DISTRICT 1,009 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126002442
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL
10055 SW 180TH AVENUE RD, DUNNELLON, FL 34432 · (352) 465-6745 · Marion County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,562 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Florida public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
802 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 425 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 394 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 422 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 321 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 23.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,562 | 51.3% | 41.1% |
| PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,648 | 51.2% | 50.3% |
| SEBASTIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 1,777 | 52.8% | 53.4% |
| CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 1,543 | 49.2% | 45.6% |
| DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,716 | 51.2% | 58.9% |
| PASCO HIGH SCHOOL DADE CITY | 1,523 | 47.8% | 35.8% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #471 of 555 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #496 of 549 ▼ 58 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #443 of 559 ▼ 34 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,562 | #277 of 830 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #342 of 575 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #101 of 594 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #211 of 630 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.5% | #41 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,562
+417 (+36%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,562 | 68 | 23.0:1 | 51% (802) |
| 2023-24 | 1,428 | 60 | 23.8:1 | 59% (849) |
| 2022-23 | 1,350 | 52 | 26.0:1 | 63% (856) |
| 2020-21 | 1,145 | 53 | 21.6:1 | 64% (736) |
| 2017-18 | 1,197 | 54 | 22.2:1 | 68% (817) |
| 2015-16 | 1,126 | 53 | 21.3:1 | 71% (799) |
| 2010-11 | 1,319 | 67 | 19.7:1 | 59% (776) |
| 2000-01 | 1,330 | 76 | 17.5:1 | 37% (491) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 45 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL.
About DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school that serves part of DUNNELLON, Florida. There are 1,562 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 51% above that mark.
MARION oversees DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL and 61 other schools, with 46,349 students in total.
About 39% of students at DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The school is also 38% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
There are 68 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.0:1. That is in line with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. On the income side, 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Florida public high schools.
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.3 points (41.1% versus 55.4%), a bottom-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Marion County, median household income comes to about $61,010, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Marion County's 68 public schools enroll about 46,349 students and include DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 41.1% is below the 53.5% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 417 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.6:1 in 2020-21, and 23.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
400,078
Census ACS
Median income
$61,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
46,349 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,904 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,600 students
- LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,447 students
Other schools in DUNNELLON
- ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 747 students
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 712 students
- DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
Nearby schools
- DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 644
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 712
- ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 747
- CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 801
- CITRUS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.3 mi · 752
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL?
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,562 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL have?
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL?
At DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 39% White, 38% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION.
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