REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact primary school in REDDICK, Florida, one of the schools within MARION. Current enrollment sits at 343 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

MARION comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 46,349 students; REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Marion County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $61,010, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 343). Black enrollment moved from 45% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.