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Enrollment
1,196
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126007823
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
280 MARION OAKS TRL, OCALA, FL 34473 · (352) 291-7975 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,196 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
785 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 199 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 170 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 200 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 218 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 174 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (199) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (187).
Student demographics
66%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
36.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 44.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,196 | 65.6% | 39.5% |
| LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED | 1,059 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,402 | 65.7% | 37.7% |
| ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,041 | 66.0% | 64.7% |
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
| MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESCENT CITY | 1,056 | 60.1% | 37.9% |
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 MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,834 of 2,136 | #23 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,788 of 2,149 ▼ 111 | #21 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,899 of 2,149 ▼ 108 | #24 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,196 | #87 of 2,267 | #2 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,589 of 2,077 | #26 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #482 of 2,108 | #13 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #659 of 2,188 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.5% | #90 of 621 | #2 of 19 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,196
+382 (+47%) vs 2020
+69% since 2010-11, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 1,196 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 66% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 1,050 | 69 | 15.2:1 | 66% (697) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 60 | 15.7:1 | 65% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 814 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 65% (532) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 54 | 16.2:1 | 73% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 69% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 70% (493) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in OCALA, Florida. A total of 1,196 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 98% higher.
Across its 62 schools, MARION enrolls 46,349 students. MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. Other students are 27% White, 17% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 17% Hispanic share among all Marion County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 68 full-time-equivalent teachers at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 17.6:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. That is 9 points above the 57% average for public schools in Marion County.
The allk12 Grade for MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.3%. MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 39.5%.
Federal survey data for Marion County show that the median household income is $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 68 public schools in Marion County, enrolling about 46,349 students in all.
The closest public school to MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 814 students in 2020-21 and 1,196 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. By 2024-25, the school had 17.6 students per teacher, compared with 14.0 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,402
- HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKS1.9 mi · 1,260
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,171
- HAMMETT BOWEN JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,010
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL7.0 mi · 1,600
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL7.0 mi · 1,904
Frequently asked questions
About MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,196 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.6:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 48% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.