MALONE SCHOOL

Located at 5361 9TH ST, in MALONE, Florida, MALONE SCHOOL is a well-populated unified-grade school that enrolls 559 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within JACKSON. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 58% larger than typical.

Across the 18 schools in JACKSON (5,839 students total), MALONE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MALONE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, On paper, MALONE SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MALONE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,149, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,839 students), MALONE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MARIANNA K-8 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.7 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, MALONE SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MALONE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 559). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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