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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003002465
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4601 SW 75TH ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32608 · (352) 955-6955 · Alachua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
335 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
76%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
62.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 64.9% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 741 | 45.2% | 63.2% |
| WATERLEAF ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 613 | 37.0% | 68.4% |
| LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 692 | 34.7% | 67.3% |
| HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 482 | 45.4% | 62.6% |
| DR N H JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 789 | 42.1% | 78.8% |
| PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL PINELLAS PARK | 535 | 40.2% | 51.0% |
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 KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #718 of 2,136 | #10 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #1,057 of 2,149 ▼ 313 | #14 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #723 of 2,149 ▼ 232 | #10 of 27 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #589 of 2,267 | #3 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #363 of 2,077 | #9 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #13 of 2,108 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #1,437 of 2,188 | #17 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #451 of 1,374 | #10 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
741
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 741 | 52.5 | 14.1:1 | 45% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 830 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 48% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 862 | 48.5 | 17.8:1 | 48% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 58 | 13.7:1 | 38% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 42% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 40% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 36% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 51% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 41 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in GAINESVILLE, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 741 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 23% larger than that.
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 60-school district, ALACHUA, which enrolls 28,255 students.
White students are the largest group at KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 36% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 19% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.2%, compared with a predicted 58.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Alachua County show that 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%. KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 68 public schools in Alachua County.
Nearest public school: KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 793 students in 2020-21 and 741 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
The KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,014
- AMIKIDS0.9 mi · 26
- THE EINSTEIN SCHOOL INC.0.9 mi · 97
- LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 692
- MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 672
- SIATECH MYCROSCHOOL INC.3.5 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 741 students in grades PK-05.
Is KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 19% Hispanic, 23% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.