HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Located at 1015 N MAIN ST, in HIGH SPRINGS, Florida, HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school that enrolls 902 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by ALACHUA. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

ALACHUA runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 28,255 students. HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 66.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alachua County put the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 931 students in 2018 compared to 902 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 73% to 67%.

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