CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL

CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in GAINESVILLE, Florida, operated by ALACHUA. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by ALACHUA, a district that hosts 28,255 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +13.4 points.

In the area at large, Alachua County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

Nearest neighbor: ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL has ticked up 116%, going from 171 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 171.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.