SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3700 SW 43RD CT, in OCALA, Florida, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large K-5 school that enrolls 1,007 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MARION. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.

SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 62 schools operated by MARION, a district that enrolls 46,349 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 24% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.4%.

SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 870 students in 2018 compared to 1,007 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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