Schools · Gainesville
Gainesville, FL schools
Gainesville’s public schools score above Florida’s averages: 54% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 9 elementary schools through grade 5, then Westwood Middle School or Howard W. Bishop Middle School or Abraham Lincoln Middle School and Gainesville High School or Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Gainesville’s School Grade: B
The public schools Gainesville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresCGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (223)Better than 65%
High confidence. Built on 15,129 tested students and a graduating class of 2,018; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Gainesville kids go to school
Grades PK–5
9 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Alachua County School DistrictGrades 6–8
B-Westwood Middle School or BHoward W. Bishop Middle School or BAbraham Lincoln Middle School
Depends on your address Alachua County School DistrictGrades 9–12
BGainesville High School or B-Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School
Depends on your address Alachua County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Alachua County)54%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Alachua County)49%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
2,018
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #212 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving Gainesville
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Gainesville is home to 3 colleges
University of FloridaUniversity or college · Public · Gainesville46,675on campusGalen Health Institutes-GainesvilleUniversity or college · For-profit · Gainesville638on campus
All 3 colleges in Gainesville →Academy for Five Element AcupunctureUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Gainesville55on campus
Every school
All 40 schools in Gainesville
Showing 1–30 of 40 schools
Littlewood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 714 students
B+PublicWilliam S. Talbot Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 573 students
A-PublicC. W. Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 540 students
B-PublicCarolyn Beatrice Parker ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 501 students
B-PublicW. A. Metcalfe Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 463 students
C-PublicGlen Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 429 students
B-PublicStephen Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students
B-PublicJoseph Williams Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 398 students
C+PublicCaring & Sharing Learning SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
BCharterMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 312 students
DPublicThe One Room School House ProjectElementary · Grades K–5 · 176 students
B-CharterBoulware Springs CharterElementary · Grades K–5 · 171 students
ACharterAlachua Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)Elementary · Grades K–5 · 29 students
B+PublicSt. Patrick Interparish SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 428 students
PrivateBrentwood SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 229 students
PrivateElevations Learning AcademyElementary · Grades PK–4 · 70 students
PrivateFlowers MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–1 · 45 students
PrivatePersimmon Early Learning Academy LLCElementary · Grades K–4 · 38 students
PrivateWestwood Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 854 students
B-PublicHoward W. Bishop Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 824 students
BPublicAbraham Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 613 students
BPublicResilience Charter School IncMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 107 students
C-CharterGainesville High SchoolHigh · Grades 8–12 · 1,825 students
BPublicProfessional Academy Magnet at Loften High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 328 students
B-PublicAlachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)High · Grades 6–12 · 178 students
A-PublicNorth Central Florida Public Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 8–12 · 169 students
DCharterA.quinn Jones CenterHigh · Grades 6–12 · 95 students
PublicPaceHigh · Grades 6–12 · 51 students
D-PublicAlachua County JailHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicAlachua Regional Juvenile Detention CenterHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.