MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC.

MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. is a very small elementary campus in MICANOPY, Florida, part of ALACHUA. The school instructs 212 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Across the 60 schools in ALACHUA (28,255 students total), MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 67.6%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Alachua County reports that 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. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. is one campus in the mix.

MICANOPY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. As a public charter, MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC. runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC.'s enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 212). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 4% to 10% over that span.

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