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What's something INA A.COLEN ACADEMY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126010682
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY
5080 SW 66TH COURT RD, OCALA, FL 34474 · (352) 304-6787 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-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
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
64 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
63%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
72.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
78.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 81.0% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 INA A.COLEN ACADEMY
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INA A.COLEN ACADEMY this school | 546 | 11.7% | 72.7% |
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 489 | 11.7% | 83.3% |
| WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 706 | 15.2% | 86.4% |
| AVALON ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 553 | 19.2% | 78.5% |
| WHISPERING OAK ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 774 | 14.7% | 86.9% |
| SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 726 | 8.4% | 81.9% |
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 INA A.COLEN ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #362 of 2,136 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #332 of 2,149 ▼ 128 | #4 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #354 of 2,149 ▲ 95 | #3 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #1,243 of 2,267 | #24 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #952 of 2,077 | #12 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #685 of 2,108 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #2,102 of 2,188 | #33 of 33 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INA A.COLEN ACADEMY.
About INA A.COLEN ACADEMY
OCALA, Florida, is home to INA A.COLEN ACADEMY, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 546 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
MARION has 62 schools and 46,349 students, and INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY, about 50 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Marion County is about 69% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY reports a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, from 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY, 12% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 57% average for public schools in Marion County is 45 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY lands at B, ahead of 63% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is 2.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.7% actual, 75.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Looking at the county, Marion County, the median household earns about $61,010 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting INA A.COLEN ACADEMY, Marion County has 68 public schools.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to INA A.COLEN ACADEMY. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 54.1%, lower than INA A.COLEN ACADEMY's 72.7%.
For locale, NCES codes INA A.COLEN ACADEMY as Rural: Fringe. INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKSMiddle · 1,260 students
Nearby schools
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 3,022
- SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,007
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 1,171
- COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 873
- HAMMETT BOWEN JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,010
- MCSO ADULTS5.2 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About INA A.COLEN ACADEMYHow large is INA A.COLEN ACADEMY?
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY enrolls approximately 546 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does INA A.COLEN ACADEMY serve?
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is approximately 15.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY?
Student demographics at INA A.COLEN ACADEMY are roughly 50% White, 34% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is INA A.COLEN ACADEMY in?
INA A.COLEN ACADEMY is part of MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.