On Top of the World, Florida

49% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 47% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Marion County, FL, which contains On Top of the World, rather than for On Top of the World alone.

There are 18.6 students for every full-time teacher across 1 public school, more than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Marion County, FL, which contains On Top of the World, rather than for On Top of the World alone.

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Marion County, FL: too few schools in On Top of the World reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly. The schools listed below are this place’s own.

44.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Florida’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 5,645 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 1% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Marion County, FL, which contains On Top of the World, rather than for On Top of the World alone.

Federal tax returns show Marion County, which contains On Top of the World, gained about 3.7% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $65,836, above the $54,095 of households that moved out.

At 14.1 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Marion County, FL, which contains On Top of the World, rather than for On Top of the World alone.

People moving in and out

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Marion County, FL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and On Top of the World, FL is not one. This is the figure for Marion County, FL, which contains this city.

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, inland flooding and tornado, with hurricane alone responsible for 41% of it. Inland flooding and tornado are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Marion County records 5.9 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 19.5 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 25.6 per 100,000 residents in Marion County.

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around On Top of the World (Marion County) rather than On Top of the World itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Orlando Sanford Intl at 68 miles.

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.