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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000017
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2200 NW 45TH AVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32605 · (352) 955-6765 · Alachua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
240 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
70%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
53.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 44.8% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 540 | 44.4% | 50.1% |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 530 | 42.6% | 80.7% |
| NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 651 | 41.6% | 59.8% |
| OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 524 | 42.7% | 77.0% |
| CANOPY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 617 | 45.5% | 45.3% |
| LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 714 | 45.5% | 59.1% |
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 C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #1,328 of 2,136 | #16 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,591 of 2,149 ▲ 36 | #18 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,149 of 2,149 ▼ 75 | #17 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,265 of 2,267 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #235 of 2,077 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #185 of 2,108 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #1,457 of 2,188 | #18 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #664 of 1,374 | #12 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
540
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 540 | 39.8 | 13.6:1 | 44% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 51% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 35.4 | 16.9:1 | 52% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 49% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 61% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 42% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 53% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 28% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In GAINESVILLE, Florida, C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 540 students in pre-K through 5.
Within ALACHUA, C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 60 schools. The district enrolls 28,255 students.
The most common group at C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 26% Black, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Alachua County, the White share is about 61%. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 44%.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 8.8 points below predicted: 50.1% against 58.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alachua County show that the median household income is $61,949, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 68 public schools in Alachua County, enrolling about 29,618 students in all.
GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On state test proficiency, C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 548 in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 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
- GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 429
- STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 403
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,825
- WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL2.1 mi · 573
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 854
- LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
Is C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 18% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ALACHUA.
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