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What's the one class at LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003003530
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2525 SCHOOL HOUSE RD, GAINESVILLE, FL 32608 · (352) 333-2825 · Alachua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
240 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
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
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 70.7% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 692 | 34.7% | 67.3% |
| WATERLEAF ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 613 | 37.0% | 68.4% |
| PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL PINELLAS PARK | 535 | 40.2% | 51.0% |
| KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 741 | 45.2% | 63.2% |
| HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 694 | 35.0% | 70.0% |
| GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SANFORD | 590 | 28.1% | 66.9% |
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 LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #553 of 2,136 | #5 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #705 of 2,149 ▼ 182 | #8 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #538 of 2,149 ▼ 134 | #5 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #730 of 2,267 | #6 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,220 of 2,077 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #41 of 2,108 | #2 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,706 of 2,188 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #979 of 1,374 | #16 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
692
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 692 | 42.4 | 16.3:1 | 35% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 45.4 | 15.4:1 | 34% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 42.4 | 17.7:1 | 34% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 31% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 40% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 39% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 53 | 13.5:1 | 37% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 35% (255) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary school, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in GAINESVILLE, Florida. Enrollment totals 692 students across pre-K through 5.
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ALACHUA, where 60 schools serve 28,255 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, with 40% of students. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Alachua County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 73%.
Staffing at LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. On the income side, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 48% average for public schools in Alachua County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.3%; the prediction is 63.8%.
Looking at the county, Alachua County, the median household earns about $61,949 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Alachua County has 68 public schools with about 29,618 students, including LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.8 miles away, is the closest public school. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 715 students in 2020-21 to 692 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 16.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 672
- KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 741
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,014
- AMIKIDS2.7 mi · 26
- THE EINSTEIN SCHOOL INC.2.7 mi · 97
- SIATECH MYCROSCHOOL INC.2.8 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 15% Hispanic, 23% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAWTON M. CHILES 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.