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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000008
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1250 NE 18TH AVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32609 · (352) 955-6713 · Alachua County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
401 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
35%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
27.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 26.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 463 | 86.6% | 27.6% |
| FAIRMOUNT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 425 | 84.7% | 35.6% |
| NORTHWESTERN LEGENDS ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 433 | 84.8% | 25.9% |
| SMART POPE LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 405 | 85.2% | N/A |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 538 | 89.4% | 36.4% |
| POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 467 | 85.9% | 22.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #2,102 of 2,136 | #26 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,066 of 2,149 ▲ 48 | #23 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #2,090 of 2,149 ▼ 20 | #25 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #1,563 of 2,267 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #451 of 2,077 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #1,764 of 2,108 | #21 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #47 of 2,188 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +80.2% | #24 of 621 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
463
+262 (+130%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 463 | 32.2 | 14.4:1 | 87% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 87% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 88% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 91% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 98% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 85% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 89% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 82% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 35 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in GAINESVILLE, Florida, one of the schools in ALACHUA. It serves 463 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
ALACHUA has 28,255 students in 60 schools, and W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Black students are the large majority at W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 80% of enrollment. Next come 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% White. That compares with about 19% Black among all Alachua County residents. By the diversity index, W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 35%.
At W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Alachua County is 39 points lower.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 37.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.6%.
Among Alachua County residents, median household income is about $61,949, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 68 public schools in Alachua County, with a combined enrollment of about 29,618.
Nearest public school: BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 41.7% on proficiency, and W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 27.6%.
NCES assigns W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 201 in 2020-21 and 463 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER0.3 mi · 171
- NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 169
- HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 824
- RESILIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL INC0.4 mi · 107
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT DUVAL0.9 mi · 117
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 7% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY 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.