MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL

Located at 20400 10TH ST, in MCINTOSH, Florida, MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL is a very small elementary campus that works with 47 students (grades K through 5), run under MARION. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 92% smaller than typical.

Across the 62 schools in MARION (46,349 students total), MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 47.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marion County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,010, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 5.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site. MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. MCINTOSH AREA SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 75 (now 47). Black enrollment moved from 9% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 47.0:1 today.

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