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What's something WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001276
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
511 NE 12TH AVE, OCALA, FL 34470 · (352) 671-6370 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
420 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
71%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
31.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 29.4% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 502 | 83.7% | 30.6% |
| HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY HOLLY HILL | 601 | 82.4% | 32.7% |
| S BRYAN JENNINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 492 | 79.9% | 57.0% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 631 | 83.7% | 28.3% |
| GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 445 | 77.1% | 41.7% |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 485 | 78.1% | 44.2% |
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 WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #2,065 of 2,136 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,119 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #32 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #2,035 of 2,149 ▼ 164 | #30 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,410 of 2,267 | #25 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,187 of 2,077 | #17 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #164 of 2,108 | #6 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #84 of 2,188 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #487 of 1,374 | #1 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
502
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 84% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 81% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 82% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 84% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 86% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 85% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 79% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 79% (451) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 46 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in OCALA, Florida, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 502 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
MARION counts 62 schools and 46,349 students, including WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Black students make up 40% of enrollment at WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 26% White, 25% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Marion County's population at about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Staffing at WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. On the income side, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Marion County average 57%.
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Florida public elementary schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.2%. WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 30.6%.
The school's county is Marion County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $61,010, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Marion County's 68 public schools enroll about 46,349 students and include WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY is the nearest public school to WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.6%, higher than WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 30.6%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 557 to 502, a 10% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- STUDENT SERVICES/ESE0.7 mi · 7
- ELC PK ESE SERVICES0.8 mi · 12
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS INC.0.9 mi · 40
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 866
Frequently asked questions
About WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 25% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MARION in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.