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Alachua County School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 9 towns
Serves Gainesville, Alachua, Newberry, High Springs, Hawthorne, Waldo, Archer, Micanopy and La Crosse.
Students
28,204
Schools
62
Spent per student
$11,908
FL $13,006
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
49%
Debt
$88.4M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Alachua County School District
- School Grade B: better than 55% of Florida districts
- Spends 8% less per student than the FL average
- 18 students per teacher
- Debt of $88.4M, about $3,135 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Waldo.
PK–821 schoolsThis district
821 middle schoolsThis district
9–1210 high schoolsThis district
127 high schoolsThis district
Test scores vs. FL
2020–21Math proficiency49%
State average 47.9%
Reading / language arts54%
State average 52%
Graduation rate (4-year)90%
State average 90.3%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$11,908 per student · 8% below FL
Spending
Classroom instruction 53%Support & administration 40%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 49%State 36%Federal 15%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
28,240’20
28,748’21
28,922’22
28,698’23
28,204’24
About steady.
Students
White 37%Black 35%Hispanic 15%Two or more races 8%Asian 5%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
62 public schools.
High Springs Community School
A−902 students18:1
Meadowbrook Elementary School
A791 students15:1
Kimball Wiles Elementary School
A−741 students14:1
Littlewood Elementary School
B+714 students14:1
Hidden Oak Elementary School
A694 students15:1
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School
A692 students16:1
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School
C−672 students14:1
Newberry Elementary School
B−651 students17:1
Idylwild Elementary School
C−627 students16:1
William S. Talbot Elem School
A−573 students15:1
C. W. Norton Elementary School
B−540 students14:1
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary
B−501 students14:1
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School
C−463 students14:1
Glen Springs Elementary School
B−429 students15:1
Archer Elementary
B+413 students16:1
Stephen Foster Elementary School
B−403 students14:1
Joseph Williams Elementary School
C+398 students15:1
W. W. Irby Elementary School
372 students14:1
Caring & Sharing Learning School
B369 students21:1
Alachua Elementary School
B−323 students14:1
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School
D312 students12:1
Chester Shell Elementary School
D282 students15:1
Lake Forest Elementary School
D268 students14:1
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.
A212 students13:1
The One Room School House Project
B−176 students16:1
Boulware Springs Charter
A171 students12:1
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary
A+108 students18:1
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School
A+107 students23:1
Constellation Charter School of Gainesville
98 students49:1
Expressions Learning Arts Academy
A84 students9:1
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)
B+29 students
Kanapaha Middle School
B1,014 students21:1
Oak View Middle School
B+962 students22:1
Westwood Middle School
B−854 students23:1
Fort Clarke Middle School
B840 students20:1
Howard W. Bishop Middle School
B824 students23:1
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
B613 students22:1
A. L. Mebane Middle School
C385 students19:1
Resilience Charter School Inc
C−107 students36:1
The Einstein School Inc.
D−97 students16:1
Alachua Learning Academy Middle
A63 students16:1
F. W. Buchholz High School
B+2,416 students28:1
Gainesville High School
B1,825 students25:1
Eastside High School
C+1,291 students25:1
Santa Fe High School
B−1,132 students24:1
Newberry High School
B−791 students22:1
Hawthorne Middle/High School
C−472 students27:1
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School
B−328 students18:1
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)
A−178 students119:1
North Central Florida Public Charter School
D169 students24:1
Santa Fe College Academy of Science and Technology
133 students27:1
Siatech Mycroschool Inc.
D97 students97:1
A.quinn Jones Center
95 students7:1
Micanopy Academy
B−67 students11:1
Pace
D−51 students
Alachua County Jail
0 students
Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center
0 students
Santa Fe College High School Dual Enrollment
0 students
Sidney Lanier Center
D−139 students8:1
Early Learning Academy at Duval
117 students20:1
Hospital Homebound
D29 students
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program
0 students
Towns served
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.