SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL

SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized senior highs in ALACHUA, Florida, overseen by ALACHUA, with 1,132 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

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

Looking at the student body, SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Alachua County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,140 (now 1,132). White enrollment moved from 65% to 58% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.