Enrollment
84
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003003533
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY
5408 SW 13TH ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32608 · (352) 373-5223 · Alachua County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
32 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 | 17 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 70% larger than its 5th grade class (10).
Student demographics
65%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
87.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 up about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.7% | 87.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 69.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY this school | 84 | 38.1% | 76.9% |
| EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS CHARTER WEST MELBOURNE | 137 | 32.8% | 85.8% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY DAVIE CHARTER SCHOOL DAVIE | 150 | 46.0% | 89.6% |
| PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL LARGO | 305 | 43.3% | 55.0% |
| ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ALACHUA | 108 | 42.6% | 84.5% |
| DAYSPRING ANGELINE NEW PORT RICHEY | 312 | 24.4% | 75.6% |
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 EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #2,212 of 2,267 | #31 of 31 |
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
84
+2 (+2%) vs 2020
+58% since 2000-01, when it was 53
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 84 | 9.6 | 8.8:1 | 38% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 9.7 | 8.0:1 | 38% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 84 | 8.3 | 10.1:1 | 36% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 8 | 10.3:1 | 32% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 23% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 85 | 8 | 10.6:1 | 20% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 7 | 12.6:1 | 17% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 53 | N/A | N/A | 42% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY.
About EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY is an elementary school located in GAINESVILLE, Florida, in Alachua County. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 84 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
ALACHUA serves 28,255 students across 60 schools.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY. The rest of enrollment is 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 9.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY has a ratio of 8.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Alachua County, the average is 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY is in the top 10% of Florida schools: 76.9% actual against 62.1% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Alachua County, the median household earns about $61,949 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY, Alachua County has 68 public schools.
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY's nearest public school is IDYLWILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.4%; EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY's is 76.9%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe. EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment at EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY was 82 in 2020-21 and 84 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.8:1) than in 2020-21 (10.3:1).
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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
- IDYLWILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 627
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,363
- CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL2.6 mi · 369
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 613
- JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 398
- PACE3.6 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMYHow large is EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY?
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 84 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY serve?
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY is approximately 8.8:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY?
At EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 55% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY public or private?
EXPRESSIONS LEARNING ARTS ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ALACHUA.
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