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What advice would you give to incoming students at NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
791
High
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000019
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
400 SW 258TH ST, NEWBERRY, FL 32669 · (352) 472-1101 · Alachua County
GRADES 08–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.8:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
373 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 207 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 196 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 218 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 169 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 53.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 791 | 47.2% | 59.2% |
| BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL STARKE | 785 | 49.6% | 43.7% |
| BAY HIGH SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 1,289 | 44.2% | 51.8% |
| TITUSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 1,275 | 48.4% | 51.4% |
| WILLISTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL WILLISTON | 1,121 | 50.8% | 47.7% |
| ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 1,209 | 52.2% | 56.0% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #178 of 555 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #110 of 549 ▲ 13 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #287 of 559 ▼ 36 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #433 of 830 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #265 of 575 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #146 of 594 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #279 of 630 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #104 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
791
+157 (+25%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 929
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 791 | 36.4 | 21.7:1 | 47% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 28.2 | 26.6:1 | 49% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 27.6 | 26.4:1 | 50% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 27 | 23.5:1 | 41% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 52% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 28 | 22.5:1 | 42% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 46% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 32% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 929 | 56 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in Florida, located in NEWBERRY. It enrolls 791 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 8 through 12. That puts enrollment 24% below the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida.
ALACHUA, which runs NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL, has 60 schools and 28,255 students.
About 49% of students at NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. The school has 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 21.7:1 compares with an average of 23.5:1 for high schools in Florida. Federal data show 47% of students (373) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 48% average for public schools in Alachua County.
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is 1.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.2% versus 57.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alachua County show that median household income comes to about $61,949, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Alachua County, 68 public schools serve about 29,618 students.
NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. On average proficiency, NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 157 students, from 634 to 791. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.5:1 to 21.7:1.
The allk12 page for NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in NEWBERRY
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
- HEALTHY LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 107 students
Other Newberry High schools
One other US public school is named Newberry High. NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Newberry HighNewberry, SC · 837 students
Nearby schools
- NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 651
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 962
- HEALTHY LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL7.8 mi · 107
- MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 672
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.7 mi · 791
- ARCHER ELEMENTARY10.1 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 791 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 08-12.
How many students per teacher at NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 13% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.