Total enrollment
8,480
+766 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
10 schools in Gainesville City
Georgia · 8,480 students · 2 cities
Gainesville City in Georgia runs 10 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 8,480 students (an average of 848 per school).
4-year change in Gainesville City
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
10
+2 (+25%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Gainesville City ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Georgia | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #126 of 160 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,480 | #44 of 172 | #1,103 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 10 | #52 of 172 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #153 of 172 | #5,777 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 71.0% | #124 of 172 | #1,860 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #89 of 160 | #2,184 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Gainesville City
State test results across the district's 9 scored schools run from Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy at 42.4% proficient to Fair Street International Academy at 14.6%, a gap of 27.8 points. That is the 53rd widest gap among 107 Georgia districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 7,969 to 7,085 students (down 11%) and from 515 to 480 full-time teachers (down 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville High School | Gainesville | High | 09-12 | 2,077 |
| Gainesville Middle School West | Gainesville- | Middle | 06-08 | 931 |
| Gainesville Middle School East | Gainesville | Middle | 06-08 | 896 |
| Mundy Mill Arts Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 825 |
| Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 767 |
| Centennial Arts Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 760 |
| Fair Street International Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 651 |
| New Holland Leadership Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 573 |
| Gainesville Exploration Academy | Gainesville | Elementary | PK-05 | 536 |
| Horizon Academy School | Gainesville | High | 09-12 | 464 |
About Gainesville City
As a low-population district in Georgia, Gainesville City enrolls 8,480 students across 10 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Gainesville City is built around 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools.
On a per-school basis, Gainesville City runs about 848 students per school, 13% higher than the state mean of roughly 748.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment climbed 10%: 7,714 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,480 in SY 2024-25. Gainesville City now counts 10 public schools, up from 8 in SY 2020-21.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Gainesville City discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.