SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in OCALA, Florida, SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school, run under MARION. It hosts 615 students across grades pre-K through 5.

MARION runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 46,349 students. SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Marion County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTH OCALA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 685 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 30% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.