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What's the most underrated thing about FORT MCCOY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
931
-81 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.1:1
% White
83%
was 89%
% Hispanic
10%
was 7%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FORT MCCOY SCHOOL
FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of expansive scale in FORT MC COY, Florida, operated by MARION, enrolling 931 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so FORT MCCOY SCHOOL sits 54% larger than that benchmark.
MARION runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 46,349 students. FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, FORT MCCOY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, FORT MCCOY SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FORT MCCOY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. FORT MCCOY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).
SPARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.6 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FORT MCCOY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORT MCCOY SCHOOL has edged down 8%, going from 1,012 students in 2018 to 931 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 83% across the same window.
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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.