STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in WEIRSDALE, Florida, run under MARION, with 588 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within MARION, which oversees 62 schools and 46,349 students, STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.7%.

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

Nearest neighbor: THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 588). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 63%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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