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There were 28,964 students enrolled in Alachua County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 40.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Alachua County schools, followed by 33.8% of Black students, 13.2% of Hispanic students and 7.4% of multiracial students.

F. W. Buchholz High School registered the highest enrollment among Alachua County's 57 schools in the 2022-23 academic year, welcoming 2,540 students.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
F. W. Buchholz High School	2,472	2,540	2.8
Gainesville High School	1,873	1,873	0
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	1,261	1,287	2.1
Eastside High School	1,175	1,220	3.8
Santa Fe High School	1,112	1,154	3.8
Kanapaha Middle School	1,122	1,094	-2.5
High Springs Community School	953	974	2.2
Oak View Middle School	955	964	0.9
Fort Clarke Middle School	942	961	2
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	860	862	0.2
Meadowbrook Elementary School	804	848	5.5
Westwood Middle School	851	847	-0.5
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	704	823	16.9
Hidden Oak Elementary School	762	775	1.7
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	719	749	4.2
Newberry High School	676	728	7.7
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	735	709	-3.5
Littlewood Elementary School	667	706	5.8
Newberry Elementary School	648	661	2
William S. Talbot Elementary School	649	631	-2.8
C. W. Norton Elementary School	569	598	5.1
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	521	586	12.5
Idylwild Elementary School	672	533	-20.7
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	527	506	-4
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	243	478	96.7
Joseph Williams Elementary School	479	469	-2.1
Hawthorne Middle/High School	467	458	-1.9
Stephen Foster Elementary School	452	458	1.3
Archer Elementary School	504	457	-9.3
Glen Springs Elementary School	391	426	9
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	430	402	-6.5
W. W. Irby Elementary School	381	379	-0.5
Chester Shell Elementary School	380	355	-6.6
A. L. Mebane Middle School	331	332	0.3
Lake Forest Elementary School	340	330	-2.9
Alachua Elementary School	311	326	4.8
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	263	271	3
Caring & Sharing Learning School	216	255	18.1
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	430	242	-43.7
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.	211	217	2.8
North Central Florida Public Charter School	182	184	1.1
The One Room School House Project	188	177	-5.9
Boulware Springs Charter	157	158	0.6
Sidney Lanier Center	168	149	-11.3
Siatech at Gainesville	88	131	48.9
Resilience Charter School Inc.	114	120	5.3
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary	105	108	2.9
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School	106	107	0.9
The Einstein School Inc.	100	102	2
Micanopy Academy	85	88	3.5
Expressions Learning Arts Academy	81	84	3.7
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program	371	76	-79.5
A.quinn Jones Center	65	64	-1.5
Alachua Learning Academy Middle	47	59	25.5
Pace	48	50	4.2
Hospital Homebound	46	36	-21.7
Amikids	14	26	85.7