MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary campus in GAINESVILLE, Florida, run under ALACHUA. The school teaches 672 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 60 schools in ALACHUA (28,255 students total), MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 20% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alachua County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alachua County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Alachua County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), of which MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 673 students in 2018 to 672 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 57% to 45%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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