Schools in Waldo · Alachua County School District
Waldo’s public schools beat 55% of Florida districts
The public schools Waldo’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.
64%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
54%
▲ 2 pts vs FL 52%
2020–21
Math proficiency
49%
▲ 1 pts vs FL 48%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
▼ 0 pts vs FL 90%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.9K
▼ 8% vs FL $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
49.0
FL 18.2
Schools
1
98 students
The School Grade
How Waldo compares
B Test scoresC Graduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (28)Better than 64%
High confidence. Built on 15,129 tested students and a graduating class of 2,018; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Florida only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Waldo.
12 schools teach Pre-K in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School, Littlewood Elementary School and Hidden Oak Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach K in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School and Littlewood Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach 1st grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School and Littlewood Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach 2nd grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School and Littlewood Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach 3rd grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School and Littlewood Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach 4th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Kimball Wiles Elementary School and Littlewood Elementary School and more.
21 schools teach 5th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Oak View Middle School, High Springs Community School, Meadowbrook Elementary School and Kimball Wiles Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 6th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kanapaha Middle School, Oak View Middle School, High Springs Community School and Westwood Middle School and more.
10 schools teach 7th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Eastside High School, Kanapaha Middle School, Oak View Middle School and High Springs Community School and more.
12 schools teach 8th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: Gainesville High School, Eastside High School, Kanapaha Middle School and Oak View Middle School and more.
7 schools teach 9th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville High School, Eastside High School and Santa Fe High School and more.
7 schools teach 10th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville High School, Eastside High School and Santa Fe High School and more.
8 schools teach 11th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville High School, Eastside High School and Santa Fe High School and more.
8 schools teach 12th grade in Waldo’s district. Which one depends on your address: F. W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville High School, Eastside High School and Santa Fe High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–821 schoolsDepends on your address
821 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1210 high schoolsDepends on your address
127 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading54%
State average 52%
Math49%
State average 47.9%
Every school in Waldo
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Waldo · in other towns
High Springs Community School
A−902 students18:1Rate it →
Meadowbrook Elementary School
A791 students15:1Rate it →
Kimball Wiles Elementary School
A−741 students14:1Rate it →
Littlewood Elementary School
B+714 students14:1Rate it →
Hidden Oak Elementary School
A694 students15:1Rate it →
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School
A692 students16:1Rate it →
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School
C−672 students14:1Rate it →
Newberry Elementary School
B−651 students17:1Rate it →
Idylwild Elementary School
C−627 students16:1Rate it →
William S. Talbot Elem School
A−573 students15:1Rate it →
C. W. Norton Elementary School
B−540 students14:1Rate it →
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary
B−501 students14:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Waldo
There’s no college in Waldo, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, 13.5 miles away.
Academy for Five Element AcupunctureUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Gainesville
13.5 mi55 students
University of FloridaUniversity or college · Public · Gainesville
14.8 mi46,675 students
Santa Fe CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Gainesville
17.7 mi10,067 students
Galen Health Institutes-GainesvilleUniversity or college · For-profit · Gainesville
18.7 mi638 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Waldo. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Florida. Stars are from neighbors.