MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 11525 NW 39TH AVE, in GAINESVILLE, Florida, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that enrolls 791 students (grades K through 5), overseen by ALACHUA. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Within ALACHUA, which oversees 60 schools and 28,255 students, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alachua County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 65.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alachua County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,949, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

Nearest neighbor: FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 836 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 56% to 50% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.