EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of moderately sized scale in GAINESVILLE, Florida, run under ALACHUA, educateing 1,291 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by ALACHUA, a district that enrolls 28,255 students overall.

Demographically, EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 19% White, 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.9%; this one delivers 46.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alachua County put median household earnings sit near $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 1,284 students in 2018 to 1,291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 26% to 19%. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 in 2025.

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