OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 526 SE TUSCAWILLA AVE, in OCALA, Florida, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school that hosts 866 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within MARION.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 39% of students at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 63.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marion County) records that median household income runs about $61,010, 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), OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 941 students in 2018 to 866 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 55% across the same window.

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