BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER

Set in GAINESVILLE, Florida, BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is a micro-enrollment elementary campus, run under ALACHUA. It educates 171 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

Across the 60 schools in ALACHUA (28,255 students total), BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER logs that Black students make up the majority at 60%; the rest reads as 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 66.1%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alachua County) records that the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Alachua County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), of which BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER has expanded 4%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 70% to 60% across the same window.

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