Silver River Mentoring And Instruction

Silver River Mentoring And Instruction is a public high school serving grades 6-12 in Ocala, Florida, with a student population of 202 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Marion School District, which is ranked 61 out of 68 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite spending a relatively high amount of $9,221 per student, Silver River Mentoring And Instruction consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Florida high schools, with a statewide ranking between 650-775 out of 807 schools in recent years. The school has struggled with extremely low four-year graduation rates, ranging from just 2.4% to 19.4% over the past five years, and high chronic absenteeism rates reaching as high as 78.1% in the 2021-2022 school year. This is nearly double the district average and suggests significant challenges in engaging and retaining its predominantly low-income student population.

When comparing Silver River Mentoring And Instruction to other nearby high schools in the Marion School District, such as Belleview High School and Vanguard High School, the performance gap is stark. These higher-performing schools have significantly better academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism, indicating that the issues at Silver River Mentoring And Instruction may not be solely a lack of funding, but rather how the resources are being utilized, including the school's very high student-teacher ratio of 40.4.