Total enrollment
28,204
-49 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
68 schools in ALACHUA
Florida · 28,255 students · 9 cities
ALACHUA's 68 public K-12 schools collectively enroll about 28,255 students across 35 elementary, 10 middle, and 20 high.
4-year change in ALACHUA
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
58
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How ALACHUA ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Florida | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #36 of 63 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 28,255 | #27 of 70 | #246 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 60 | #19 of 70 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #46 of 70 | #7,835 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 49.1% | #33 of 70 | #4,285 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #2 of 68 | #324 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside ALACHUA
State test results across the district's 43 scored schools run from ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY ELEMENTARY at 84.5% proficient to MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 18.8%, a gap of 65.7 points. That is the 10th widest gap among 62 Florida districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About ALACHUA
As a moderately sized district in Florida, ALACHUA serves 28,255 students across 68 schools.
On the school-mix side, ALACHUA spans 35 elementary, 10 middle, 20 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in ALACHUA is about 416, below the Florida average of roughly 705.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in ALACHUA has remained close to its prior level since SY 2020-21, moving from about 28,253 students to 28,204. The school count climbed from 57 to 58 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for ALACHUA discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.