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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000009
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1245 SE 7TH AVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32641 · (352) 955-6719 · Alachua County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
327 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
31%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -20.2pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -21.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 44.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 398 | 82.2% | 35.6% |
| FAIRMOUNT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 425 | 84.7% | 35.6% |
| NORTHWESTERN LEGENDS ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 433 | 84.8% | 25.9% |
| CAMPBELL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 502 | 81.5% | 49.0% |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 363 | 83.7% | 39.8% |
| ECCLESTON ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 354 | 80.8% | 41.8% |
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 JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,965 of 2,136 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #2,144 of 2,149 ▼ 498 | #26 of 27 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #2,107 of 2,149 ▼ 773 | #26 of 27 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #1,773 of 2,267 | #17 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #592 of 2,077 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #1,819 of 2,108 | #22 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #114 of 2,188 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #153 of 1,374 | #2 of 21 |
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
398
-101 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 398 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 82% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 29.3 | 15.6:1 | 69% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 24.5 | 19.1:1 | 69% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 71% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 78% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 66% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 69% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 88% (392) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in GAINESVILLE, Florida. School enrollment was 398 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
ALACHUA operates 60 schools. Combined enrollment is 28,255 students.
Federal enrollment data show JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 82% Black. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 5% White, and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Alachua County, the Black share is about 19%. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.7:1. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 82% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Alachua County averages 48%, lower than here.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.6% actual, 40.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Federal survey data for Alachua County show that the median household income is $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 68 public schools in Alachua County, enrolling about 29,618 students in all.
The next-closest public school is ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 5.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Enrollment dropped 20% from its 2020-21 level of 499.
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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
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 613
- PACE0.3 mi · 51
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND0.6 mi · 29
- CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL0.9 mi · 369
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT DUVAL1.2 mi · 117
- PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY MAGNET AT LOFTEN HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.