DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL

DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier junior high in DUNNELLON, Florida, run under MARION. The school instructs 712 students in grades 6 through 8.

MARION comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 46,349 students; DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Marion County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), of which DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 3.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 14%, going from 623 students in 2018 to 712 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 48% across the same window.

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