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Enrollment
1,260
Middle
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126007398
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS
365 MARION OAKS DR, OCALA, FL 34473 · (352) 671-6290 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,260 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
759 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 400 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 400 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 460 | 37% |
Student demographics
65%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
41.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.1% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS this school | 1,260 | 60.2% | 40.6% |
| MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 1,066 | 60.4% | 42.6% |
| LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,509 | 58.8% | 44.4% |
| MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRANDON | 977 | 61.5% | 37.0% |
| SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,329 | 64.7% | 30.4% |
| SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL RUSKIN | 1,593 | 60.2% | 33.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #459 of 560 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #523 of 560 ▼ 152 | #10 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #439 of 560 ▼ 14 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,260 | #45 of 584 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #340 of 547 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #167 of 553 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #170 of 565 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.3% | #3 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,260
+377 (+43%) vs 2020
+42% since 2010-11, when it was 890
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,260 | 63 | 20.0:1 | 60% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 1,112 | 56 | 19.9:1 | 67% (740) |
| 2022-23 | 1,067 | 49 | 21.8:1 | 69% (731) |
| 2020-21 | 883 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 74% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 81% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 87% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 81% (722) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS.
About HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS
At 365 MARION OAKS DR in OCALA, Florida, HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS operates as a large middle school. It has an enrollment of 1,260 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 794 students for middle schools in Florida.
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS reports to MARION, which has 62 schools and 46,349 students.
More than half of the students at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS are Hispanic (51%). Other reported shares: 24% Black, 19% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 17% Hispanic among all Marion County residents. The diversity index for HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body.
Among Florida public middle schools, HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.0% at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.6%.
In Marion County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $61,010, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 46,349, HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS among them.
Measured in a straight line, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment figures are 883 for 2020-21 and 1,260 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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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
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
- MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,402
- MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,196
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 1,171
- HAMMETT BOWEN JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.6 mi · 1,010
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 1,600
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 1,904
Frequently asked questions
About HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKSHow large is HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS?
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS enrolls approximately 1,260 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS serve?
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS is approximately 20.0:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS?
Student demographics at HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS are roughly 19% White, 51% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS in?
HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS is part of MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.