OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in OCALA, Florida, OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a minimally staffed middle-grades school, operated by MARION. It serves 194 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 76% leaner than typical.

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

Demographically, OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put 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. In all, Marion County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), of which OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

HILLCREST is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location. OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 194). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 57% to 43%.

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