NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL

NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL, a reasonably sized junior high in CITRA, Florida, run under MARION, instructs 738 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

Demographically, NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Black, 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 42.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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. NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

The closest other public school is NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 842 students in 2018 compared to 738 in 2025.

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