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How has ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
747
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126000833
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
19550 SW 36TH ST, DUNNELLON, FL 34431 · (352) 465-6700 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
498 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
60%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
41.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 41.9% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 747 | 66.7% | 42.7% |
| BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOVER | 719 | 63.1% | 39.5% |
| DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 653 | 68.0% | 47.1% |
| CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 716 | 68.0% | 66.7% |
| HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 833 | 65.5% | 36.5% |
| FORT BRADEN SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 668 | 65.6% | 34.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,695 of 2,136 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,271 of 2,149 ▲ 479 | #10 of 32 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,707 of 2,149 ▲ 53 | #20 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #578 of 2,267 | #12 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,534 of 2,077 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #902 of 2,108 | #28 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #603 of 2,188 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #1,343 of 1,374 | #11 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
747
+102 (+16%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 747 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 67% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 73% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 76% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 73% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 76% (570) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 76% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 76% (580) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 74% (533) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in DUNNELLON, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 747 students. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
District-wide, MARION has 62 schools and 46,349 students.
At ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 46%. Other groups make up 43% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 17% of Marion County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. The school has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 67% of students (498) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Marion County, the school's rate is higher.
The model predicts 47.8% for a school in Florida with ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 42.7%.
In the wider Marion County area, the median household earns about $61,010 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Marion County, 68 public schools serve about 46,349 students.
Among nearby public schools, DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 5.5 miles. ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 53.3% proficiency; ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 42.7%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 645 (2020-21) to 747 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 DUNNELLON
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 712 students
- DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
Nearby schools
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 1,562
- DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 644
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL7.1 mi · 712
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 3,022
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.2 mi · 877
- CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.3 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 747 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 46% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.