School district · Florida
Alachua
Alachua in Florida: 62 public schools with 28,204 students and 17.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,908 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 62
- 15 charter
- Students
- 28,204
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- FL 18.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $11,908
- FL $12.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,644
- Counselors (FTE)
- 58.8
- Students per counselor
- 480
- FL 426 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 6.6
- Librarians (FTE): 43.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%54%proficient
+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 50% of school districts in Florida
Median 55% · 74 school districts compared
12,469 students tested, grades 3–8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%52%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in Florida
Median 57% · 74 school districts compared
11,203 students tested, grades 3–8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 15% · $61.8M
- State
- 36% · $150.7M
- Local
- 49% · $205.8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,363
- Support services
- $4,771
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $42.9M
- Long-term debt
- $115.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Learning Academy at DuvalFree meals for all | Pre-K | 117 | 19.5 | — | — |
Alachua Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 323 | 13.6 | 42% | 50% |
| K–5 | 108 | 18.0 | 76% | 89% | |
| K–5 | 29 | — | — | — | |
Archer ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 413 | 15.8 | 62% | 62% |
Boulware Springs CharterCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 171 | 12.2 | 63% | 78% |
C. W. Norton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 540 | 13.6 | 53% | 49% |
Caring & Sharing Learning SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 369 | 20.5 | 61% | 79% |
Carolyn Beatrice Parker ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 501 | 13.8 | 47% | 44% |
Chester Shell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 282 | 15.2 | 36% | 30% |
| 1–7 | 98 | 49.0 | — | — | |
| K–5 | 84 | 8.8 | 76% | 88% | |
Glen Springs Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 429 | 14.8 | 64% | 57% |
| K–5 | 107 | 23.4 | 73% | 63% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 694 | 15.1 | 70% | 68% | |
| Pre-K–8 | 902 | 17.6 | 65% | 71% | |
Idylwild Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 627 | 15.7 | 38% | 34% |
Joseph Williams Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 398 | 14.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Pre-K–5 | 741 | 14.1 | 63% | 61% | |
Lake Forest Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 268 | 14.1 | 40% | 27% |
| Pre-K–5 | 692 | 16.3 | 68% | 69% | |
Littlewood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 714 | 14.3 | 61% | 66% |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 312 | 12.5 | 25% | 16% |
| K–5 | 791 | 14.9 | 65% | 70% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 212 | 13.3 | 60% | 78% | |
Myra Terwilliger Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 672 | 13.8 | 40% | 44% |
Newberry Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 651 | 17.0 | 61% | 62% |
Stephen Foster Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 403 | 14.0 | 43% | 39% |
The One Room School House ProjectCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 176 | 16.0 | 56% | 51% |
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 463 | 14.4 | 27% | 33% |
W. W. Irby Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 372 | 14.2 | — | — |
| Pre-K–5 | 573 | 14.9 | 68% | 70% | |
A. L. Mebane Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 385 | 19.4 | 44% | 49% |
Abraham Lincoln Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 613 | 22.4 | 59% | 41% |
| 6–8 | 63 | 15.8 | 89% | 91% | |
| 6–8 | 840 | 20.0 | 60% | 52% | |
Howard W. Bishop Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 824 | 22.9 | 55% | 43% |
| 6–8 | 1,014 | 21.0 | 62% | 55% | |
| 5–8 | 962 | 22.0 | 58% | 56% | |
Resilience Charter School IncCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 107 | 35.7 | 41% | 26% |
The Einstein School Inc.CharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 2–8 | 97 | 16.2 | 17% | 12% |
Westwood Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 854 | 22.6 | 44% | 38% |
A.Quinn Jones CenterAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 95 | 6.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Alachua County JailAlternative | 6–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)Fully virtual | 6–12 | 178 | 118.7 | 57% | 50% |
Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention CenterAlternative | 6–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Eastside High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 1,291 | 25.1 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 2,416 | 27.5 | — | — | |
| 8–12 | 1,825 | 24.6 | — | — | |
Hawthorne Middle/High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 472 | 26.7 | 35% | 23% |
Micanopy AcademyCharter | 6–12 | 67 | 11.2 | 52% | 56% |
| 8–12 | 791 | 21.7 | — | — | |
North Central Florida Public Charter SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 8–12 | 169 | 24.1 | 5.9% | 0.0% |
PaceAlternative | 6–12 | 51 | — | — | — |
| 9–12 | 328 | 18.2 | — | — | |
Santa Fe College Academy of Science and TechnologyCharterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 133 | 26.6 | — | — |
| 11–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,132 | 24.1 | — | — | |
Siatech Mycroschool Inc.CharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 8–12 | 97 | 97.0 | — | — |
Alachua Virtual Instruction ProgramFully virtual | K–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Hospital HomeboundSpecial education | K–12 | 29 | — | — | — |
Sidney Lanier CenterAlternativeFree meals for all | K–12 | 139 | 8.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 620 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Phone
- (352)955-7300
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.