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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003002466
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL
5701 NW 43RD ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32653 · (352) 955-6716 · Alachua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
195 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
68%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
68.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 67.5% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL this school | 573 | 34.0% | 67.0% |
| SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 630 | 30.0% | 66.2% |
| LINCOLN AVENUE ACADEMY LAKELAND | 512 | 37.7% | 83.8% |
| PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 571 | 28.2% | 74.1% |
| GREENLAND PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 701 | 26.5% | 68.4% |
| GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 429 | 38.2% | 59.9% |
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 WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #561 of 2,136 | #6 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #652 of 2,149 ▼ 19 | #6 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #519 of 2,149 ▲ 63 | #4 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,128 of 2,267 | #10 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #633 of 2,077 | #15 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #352 of 2,108 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #1,723 of 2,188 | #26 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #351 of 1,374 | #5 of 21 |
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
573
-44 (-7%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 573 | 38.5 | 14.9:1 | 34% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 41.5 | 15.1:1 | 40% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 40.5 | 15.6:1 | 38% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 34% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 40% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 31% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 45 | 19.1:1 | 21% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 37 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL
Families in GAINESVILLE, Florida, are served by WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 573 students in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 60 schools in ALACHUA totals 28,255 students.
At WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 50%. Other groups make up 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 61% of Alachua County residents are White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. The school has 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. In all, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points below the 48% average for public schools in Alachua County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL would score about 64.1%. It scores 67.0%, 2.9 points above that figure.
The county, Alachua County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,949 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL, Alachua County has 68 public schools.
C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.9:1.
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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
- C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 540
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,416
- GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 429
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL3.2 mi · 854
- LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 714
- SANTA FE COLLEGE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY3.4 mi · 133
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOLHow many students attend WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL?
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL.
How diverse is WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL?
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL reports a student body of 50% White, 14% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL in?
WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL is part of ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.