THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT

As an one-room-style elementary-level community in GAINESVILLE, Florida, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT serves 176 students from grades K through 5, run under ALACHUA. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.

Within ALACHUA, which oversees 60 schools and 28,255 students, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT is one campus in the system.

Demographically, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT reports that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 22% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Alachua County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alachua County) reports that median household income runs about $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT has declined 23%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 176 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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