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Which teacher or staff member at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
931
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126002618
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL
16160 NE HIGHWAY 315, FORT MC COY, FL 32134 · (352) 671-6325 · Marion County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL931 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
637 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 | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 47% smaller than its 8th grade class (149).
Student demographics
29%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
43.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 43.2% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 FORT MCCOY SCHOOL
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT MCCOY SCHOOL this school | 931 | 68.4% | 42.2% |
| KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | 779 | 66.2% | 58.8% |
| BONIFAY K-8 SCHOOL BONIFAY | 1,136 | 68.6% | 51.5% |
| EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 771 | 72.5% | 50.3% |
| CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 725 | 66.5% | 47.7% |
| BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 899 | 60.3% | 53.0% |
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 FORT MCCOY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,713 of 2,136 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,821 of 2,149 ▼ 110 | #22 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,650 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #16 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 931 | #264 of 2,267 | #5 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,410 of 2,077 | #24 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #1,854 of 2,108 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #525 of 2,188 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #1,044 of 1,374 | #4 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
931
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,053
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 931 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 68% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 940 | 51 | 18.4:1 | 69% (647) |
| 2022-23 | 964 | 56 | 17.2:1 | 73% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 955 | 61 | 15.7:1 | 72% (691) |
| 2017-18 | 1,012 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 77% (778) |
| 2015-16 | 965 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 72% (692) |
| 2010-11 | 1,085 | 77 | 14.1:1 | 74% (807) |
| 2000-01 | 1,276 | 73 | 17.5:1 | 66% (836) |
| 1990-91 | 1,053 | 63 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT MCCOY SCHOOL.
About FORT MCCOY SCHOOL
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. Its address is in FORT MC COY, Florida. The school serves 931 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 54% bigger than that.
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL belongs to MARION, a district of 62 schools and 46,349 students.
The student body at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is 83% White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 69% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 55 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Eligible students account for 68% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is 57%.
allk12 grades FORT MCCOY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL scores 42.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.9%.
Marion County has these Census figures: the median household income is $61,010, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Marion County is home to 68 public schools and about 46,349 public school students.
SPARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 8.6 miles away in a straight line. Nearby schools with test data average 44.9% proficiency; FORT MCCOY SCHOOL posts 42.2%.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 955 to 931 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 16.9:1 over the same 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
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
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
Nearby schools
- SPARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 435
- NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL10.7 mi · 1,228
- ANTHONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 351
- OCALA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 682
- NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL12.2 mi · 738
- EAST MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.3 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About FORT MCCOY SCHOOLHow large is FORT MCCOY SCHOOL?
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 931 students in grades PK-08.
Is FORT MCCOY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does FORT MCCOY SCHOOL have?
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL?
At FORT MCCOY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees FORT MCCOY SCHOOL?
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is overseen by MARION in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.