ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary-level community in ALACHUA, Florida, run under ALACHUA, teaches 323 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

Within ALACHUA, which oversees 60 schools and 28,255 students, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 37% Black, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 38.7%.

In the broader community, Alachua County reports that median household income runs about $61,949, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Alachua County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), of which ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 323). Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 17% across the same window.

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