NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL

NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the cozy senior highs in NEWBERRY, Florida, run under ALACHUA, with 791 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

On the student-mix side, NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Alachua County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Alachua County (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students).

The closest other public school is NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.