Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000014
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
13800 NW 152ND PL, ALACHUA, FL 32615 · (386) 462-1841 · Alachua County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
195 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 127 | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 31% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALACHUA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 37.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 323 | 60.4% | 38.7% |
| MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY PANAMA CITY | 343 | 64.1% | 45.4% |
| W. W. IRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALACHUA | 372 | 58.9% | N/A |
| SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 375 | 57.3% | 48.2% |
| WOODVILLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 462 | 64.7% | 41.7% |
| REDDICK-COLLIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDDICK | 343 | 66.8% | 42.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,865 of 2,136 | #21 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,550 of 2,149 ▲ 354 | #17 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,679 of 2,149 ▲ 171 | #20 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,945 of 2,267 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #246 of 2,077 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #390 of 2,108 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #897 of 2,188 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #854 of 1,374 | #14 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
323
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 323 | 23.7 | 13.6:1 | 60% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 70% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | N/A | N/A | 70% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 66% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 72% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 59% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 55% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 931 | 47 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school in ALACHUA, Florida. Its enrollment is 323 students, spread over grades 3 through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within ALACHUA, which has 60 schools and 28,255 students.
No group is above 50% at ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 40%. The school is also 37% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67%.
The school has 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 3.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 60% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Alachua County.
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 38.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.9%.
For Alachua County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,949, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,618, ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 68.2%; ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 38.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 323, compared with 298 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.9:1 to 13.6:1.
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Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in ALACHUA
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 385 students
- W. W. IRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
- ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 108 students
- ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY MIDDLEMiddle · 63 students
Nearby schools
- A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 385
- W. W. IRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 372
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,132
- ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 108
- ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY MIDDLE2.1 mi · 63
- HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 902
Frequently asked questions
About ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 323 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 17% Hispanic, 37% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALACHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ALACHUA in Alachua County.
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