EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a modestly sized primary school in OCALA, Florida, one of the schools within MARION, hosts 381 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

MARION comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 46,349 students; EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 13% Black, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate 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), EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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