NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in CITRA, Florida, operated by MARION, instructs 1,228 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

MARION runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 46,349 students. NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of -13.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), of which NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 1,272 students in 2018 compared to 1,228 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 15% to 23%.

Inside the community feed, members of the NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.