A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in ALACHUA, Florida, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a modestly sized middle school, one of the schools within ALACHUA. It instructs 385 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 52% below typical.

Within ALACHUA, which oversees 60 schools and 28,255 students, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 31% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Alachua County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,949, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

The closest other public school is ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 385). Over the same period, the White share declined from 50% to 43%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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