HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in GAINESVILLE, Florida, HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 694 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by ALACHUA.

ALACHUA runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 28,255 students. HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alachua County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 11%, going from 777 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 13% to 18%.

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