Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003008358
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER
1303 NE 23RD AVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32609 · (352) 244-9732 · Alachua County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
97 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 78.7% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER this school | 171 | 56.7% | 66.1% |
| REYNOLDS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 158 | 63.3% | 29.7% |
| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 179 | 55.9% | 45.7% |
| HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 191 | 67.5% | 40.4% |
| RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER LEESBURG | 242 | 61.2% | N/A |
| PINECREST CREEK CHARTER ORLANDO | 119 | 53.8% | 60.1% |
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 BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #596 of 2,136 | #8 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #361 of 2,149 ▼ 97 | #3 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #702 of 2,149 ▼ 82 | #9 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #2,135 of 2,267 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #1,021 of 2,188 | #14 of 29 |
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
171
+19 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 171 | 14 | 12.2:1 | 57% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 66% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 12 | 13.2:1 | 60% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | 61% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 164 | N/A | N/A | 86% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 144 | 10 | 14.4:1 | 63% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER.
About BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER
A very small elementary school in GAINESVILLE, Florida, BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is part of ALACHUA. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 171 students. It has 72% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
ALACHUA has 28,255 students in 60 schools, and BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is one of those schools.
At BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER, 60% of students are Black. It is also 22% White, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Alachua County is roughly 19% Black. The diversity index for BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 57% of the student body. Among public schools in Alachua County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER would score about 52.7%. It scores 66.1%, 13.3 points above that figure.
In Alachua County, home to about 285,492 people, the median household earns about $61,949 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER shares Alachua County with 67 other public schools.
The closest school to BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER. Its average proficiency rate of 66.1% is above the 35.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 13%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.9:1 in 2020-21, and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 463
- HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 824
- NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 169
- RESILIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL INC0.5 mi · 107
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 312
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT DUVAL1.1 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTERHow many students attend BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER?
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER enrolls approximately 171 students in grades KG-05.
Is BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER have?
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER?
Student demographics at BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER are roughly 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER public or private?
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ALACHUA.
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