LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1262 NW 31ST DRIVE, in GAINESVILLE, Florida, LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 714 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within ALACHUA.

ALACHUA runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 28,255 students. LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 31% Black, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Alachua County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

The closest other public school is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 729 students in 2018 compared to 714 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 13% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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