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Enrollment
866
Middle
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001272
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
526 SE TUSCAWILLA AVE, OCALA, FL 34471 · (352) 671-7100 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL866 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
335 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 36% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
65.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 64.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 866 | 38.7% | 63.6% |
| MOWAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LYNN HAVEN | 803 | 43.1% | 53.2% |
| SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 752 | 40.8% | 60.1% |
| ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONGWOOD | 898 | 38.4% | 72.2% |
| MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 845 | 40.0% | 49.7% |
| SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES SARASOTA | 747 | 40.2% | 74.6% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #162 of 560 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #145 of 560 ▲ 26 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #143 of 560 ▲ 79 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 866 | #243 of 584 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #274 of 547 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #200 of 553 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #419 of 565 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #270 of 379 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
866
-109 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,079
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 866 | 45 | 19.2:1 | 39% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 45 | 20.3:1 | 43% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 999 | 45 | 22.2:1 | 44% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 975 | 46 | 21.2:1 | 41% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 941 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 42% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 47 | 18.8:1 | 46% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 41% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 1,116 | 60 | 18.6:1 | 30% (336) |
| 1990-91 | 1,079 | 55 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school found in OCALA, Florida. The school serves 866 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Besides OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, MARION runs 61 other schools. The district enrolls 46,349 students.
At OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 55% of the student body. It is also 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 69% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 39%. That is 18 points below the 57% average for public schools in Marion County.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.6% and a predicted 61.8%.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Marion County, where the median household income is $61,010, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, Marion County has 67 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 975 in 2020-21 to 866 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 21.2 in 2020-21 to 19.2 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Osceola Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Osceola Middle. OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLSEMINOLE, FL · 933 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLOKEECHOBEE, FL · 689 students
- Osceola MiddleOsceola, WI · 398 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLOSCEOLA, AR · 221 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLOSCEOLA, NE · 39 students
Nearby schools
- EIGHTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 381
- ELC PK ESE SERVICES0.1 mi · 12
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS INC.0.6 mi · 40
- WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 502
- MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY1.0 mi · 304
- STUDENT SERVICES/ESE1.1 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 866 students in grades 06-08.
Is OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the student diversity at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.