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If you could change one rule at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,014
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003003022
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL
5005 SW 75TH ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32608 · (352) 955-6960 · Alachua County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,014 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
506 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 302 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 349 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 363 | 36% |
Student demographics
73%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
62.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 60.0% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,014 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 854 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 917 | 53.7% | 50.7% |
| DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 922 | 53.3% | 55.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #203 of 560 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #225 of 560 ▼ 5 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #162 of 560 ▲ 22 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,014 | #139 of 584 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #413 of 547 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #14 of 553 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #302 of 565 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #353 of 379 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,014
-36 (-3%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 953
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,014 | 48.4 | 20.9:1 | 50% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 1,070 | 49.2 | 21.8:1 | 53% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 1,094 | 46.6 | 23.5:1 | 53% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 1,050 | 52 | 20.2:1 | 44% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 1,029 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 52% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 54 | 17.8:1 | 47% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 39% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 953 | 48 | 19.9:1 | 30% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in GAINESVILLE, Florida. Its 1,014 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students.
ALACHUA (60 schools, 28,255 students) runs KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 35%. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 61% of Alachua County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Teachers at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL total 48.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 50%. Across public schools in Alachua County, the average is about the same, 48%.
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.9% is 2.7 points above the 56.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Alachua County, median household income is about $61,949, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Alachua County number 68 and enroll about 29,618.
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 6.
For locale, NCES codes KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Mid-size.
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL had 1,050 students in 2020-21 and 1,014 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 902 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
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
Nearby schools
- KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 741
- AMIKIDS0.7 mi · 26
- THE EINSTEIN SCHOOL INC.0.9 mi · 97
- LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 692
- MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 672
- SIATECH MYCROSCHOOL INC.3.8 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,014 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 22% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
KANAPAHA MIDDLE 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.