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Alachua Schools
Alachua is a public school district in Florida, based in Alachua County (Gainesville). SchoolGrade grades 53 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Alachua on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Alachua
50 of 53 schools in Alachua carry a SchoolGrade (2 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 20B: 17C: 3D: 8F: 2
Best schools in Alachua
Statewide rankings: all 579 high schools in Florida · all 539 middle schools in Florida · all 2114 elementary schools in Florida
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Alachua Learning Academy Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Healthy Learning Academy Charter School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Expressions Learning Arts Academy (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Hidden Oak Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Meadowbrook Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Alachua Learning Academy Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Lawton M Chiles Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Kimball Wiles Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- F W Buchholz High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
Every school in Alachua
High schools (7)
- B Eastside High School, Gainesville
- A- F W Buchholz High School, Gainesville
- B+ Gainesville High School, Gainesville
- A- High Springs Community School High, Springs
- B Newberry High School, Newberry
- A- Professional Academy Magnet At Loften High School, Gainesville
- B Santa Fe High School, Alachua
Middle and junior high schools (8)
- A L Mebane Middle School, Alachua
- B+ Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville
- A Alachua Learning Academy Middle, Alachua
- B+ Fort Clarke Middle School, Gainesville
- A- Howard W Bishop Middle School, Gainesville
- A- Kanapaha Middle School, Gainesville
- A- Oak View Middle School, Newberry
- B+ Westwood Middle School, Gainesville
Elementary and primary schools (22)
- B- Alachua Elementary School, Alachua
- A+ Alachua Learning Academy Elementary, Alachua
- A- Archer Elementary, Archer
- B- C W Norton Elementary School, Gainesville
- B Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary, Gainesville
- D+ Chester Shell Elementary School, Hawthorne
- B- Glen Springs Elementary School, Gainesville
- A Hidden Oak Elementary School, Gainesville
- D+ Idylwild Elementary School, Gainesville
- C+ Joseph Williams Elementary School, Gainesville
- A Kimball Wiles Elementary School, Gainesville
- D+ Lake Forest Elementary School, Gainesville
- A Lawton M Chiles Elementary School, Gainesville
- B+ Littlewood Elementary School, Gainesville
- D+ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School, Gainesville
- A Meadowbrook Elementary School, Gainesville
- D+ Myra Terwilliger Elementary School, Gainesville
- B Newberry Elementary School, Newberry
- B Stephen Foster Elementary School, Gainesville
- C- W A Metcalfe Elementary School, Gainesville
- W W Irby Elementary School, Alachua
- A- William S Talbot Elem School, Gainesville
Other schools and academies (16)
- A- Alachua Eschool Virtual Franchise, Gainesville
- A- Alachua Virtual Instruction Program District Provided, Gainesville
- Aquinn Jones Center, Gainesville
- A- Boulware Springs Charter, Gainesville
- B Caring And Sharing Learning School, Gainesville
- A Expressions Learning Arts Academy, Gainesville
- D Hawthorne Middlehigh School, Hawthorne
- A+ Healthy Learning Academy Charter School, Newberry
- B+ Micanopy Academy, Micanopy
- A Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc, Micanopy
- D+ North Central Florida Public Charter School, Gainesville
- C+ Resilience Charter School Inc, Gainesville
- D+ Siatech Mycroschool Inc, Gainesville
- F Sidney Lanier Center, Gainesville
- F The Einstein School Inc, Gainesville
- B- The One Room School House Project, Gainesville
Where Alachua schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Florida
- County: Alachua County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 28,749 students with 1,662 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,742 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1200030
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
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Questions about Alachua
How many schools are in Alachua?
SchoolGrade grades 53 public schools in Alachua, across 6 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Alachua serve?
The largest by graded schools: Gainesville, Alachua, Newberry, Hawthorne, Micanopy and 1 more.
How good are the schools in Alachua?
Across the 50 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B, with 47.7% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 40.7%. 80% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Alachua?
28,749 students were enrolled in Alachua in the 2023-24 school year, about 17.3 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Alachua?
Alachua is in Florida, based in Alachua County, with its district office in Gainesville. Its boundary covers about 876 sq mi.