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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001261
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4200 NW 89TH PL, OCALA, FL 34482 · (352) 671-4935 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
324 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
69%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
30.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 32.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 430 | 75.3% | 30.9% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 466 | 76.8% | 49.4% |
| KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 437 | 73.0% | 34.5% |
| TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 417 | 74.8% | 51.1% |
| MEDULLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 488 | 73.0% | 43.1% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 437 | 79.9% | 28.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #2,058 of 2,136 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #2,075 of 2,149 ▼ 52 | #30 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #2,054 of 2,149 ▼ 26 | #31 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #1,677 of 2,267 | #28 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,087 of 2,077 | #14 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #249 of 2,108 | #9 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #269 of 2,188 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,326 of 1,374 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
430
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 75% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 78% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 19 | 21.9:1 | 79% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 74% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 83% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 79% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 79% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 83% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 32 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in OCALA, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 430 students. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 29% lower.
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 62 schools that make up MARION (46,349 students in total).
About 38% of students at FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 30% Black, 26% White, and 6% multiracial. Marion County's residents are about 17% Hispanic, 21 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. On the income side, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Marion County.
A school with FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 43.4%. FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 30.9%, 12.5 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Marion County show that median household income comes to about $61,010, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 68, with about 46,349 students.
About 1.7 miles separate FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, OCALA CENTER FOR SUCCESS AND INDEPENDENCE. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count increased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
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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
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
Other schools in OCALA
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,447 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,402 students
- HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKSMiddle · 1,260 students
Nearby schools
- OCALA CENTER FOR SUCCESS AND INDEPENDENCE1.7 mi · 68
- NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL4.0 mi · 738
- FORDHAM EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY4.6 mi · 215
- OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 116
- ANTHONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 351
- NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 1,228
Frequently asked questions
About FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 38% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MARION in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.