INA A.COLEN ACADEMY

INA A.COLEN ACADEMY operates as a medium-sized elementary school in OCALA, Florida, part of MARION. Current enrollment sits at 546 students spanning grades K through 8.

Within MARION, which oversees 62 schools and 46,349 students, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around INA A.COLEN ACADEMY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INA A.COLEN ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. INA A.COLEN ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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