Summary:
Zip code 32113, encompassing the Citra, FL area, is home to a single high school, North Marion High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 1,228 students as part of the Marion County school district.
North Marion High School presents a mixed picture of performance, with a notable and concerning weakness in mathematics. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 12% of students were proficient in Algebra 1, a staggering 51-percentage-point gap behind the state average of 63%. Geometry proficiency (34%) also lags significantly behind the state (56%). In stark contrast, the school shows relative strength in English Language Arts and Biology, with 10th-grade ELA proficiency (55%) exceeding the district average and Biology proficiency (61%) close to the district average. This creates a "tale of two subjects" dynamic, suggesting a systemic issue with math instruction or student preparedness that does not extend to other core areas. The school's state ranking has also declined sharply, dropping from the 40th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 24th percentile in 2024-2025, before a slight recovery to the 27th percentile in 2025-2026, indicating a recent and acute downturn in overall performance.
Key metrics reveal additional challenges. The graduation rate of 83% is below the state average of 92.2%, and chronic absenteeism affects over a third of students (34.1%), higher than the state average of 31.4%. Per-student spending is $10,427, below the national average, and the student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1 is relatively high. The combination of low math scores, declining rankings, high absenteeism, and a graduation rate that outpaces academic proficiency raises questions about curriculum rigor. For parents, the data suggests that while North Marion High School offers some strengths in ELA and science, significant and urgent attention is needed in mathematics and addressing chronic absenteeism to reverse the recent downward trend.
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