Enrollment
116
High
DISTRICT 1,009 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126010683
OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
3850 WEST ANTHONY RD, OCALA, FL 34475 · (352) 264-9940 · Marion County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
64 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
45.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, an one-room-style high school in OCALA, Florida, part of MARION, hosts 116 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 1,035.
Within MARION, which oversees 62 schools and 46,349 students, OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.5%; OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL posts 34.7%, -18.9 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Marion County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FORDHAM EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site. OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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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
- FORDHAM EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY0.1 mi · 215
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,684
- OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 631
- HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 917
- MADISON STREET ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS2.6 mi · 467
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS INC.2.6 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 116 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 47% White, 25% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
OCALI CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MARION in Marion County.
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