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There were 9,802 Black students enrolled in Alachua County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.2% increase from the 9,778 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Alachua County welcomed a total of 28,964 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 33.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 57 schools in Alachua County, Eastside High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 663 students, making up 54.3% of the school's total student body.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 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	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
F. W. Buchholz High School	23	2,540
Gainesville High School	32.3	1,873
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	23	1,287
Eastside High School	54.3	1,220
Santa Fe High School	20.1	1,154
Kanapaha Middle School	30.3	1,094
High Springs Community School	5.9	974
Oak View Middle School	21.9	964
Fort Clarke Middle School	34.7	961
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	21	862
Meadowbrook Elementary School	17.7	848
Westwood Middle School	35.8	847
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	52.4	823
Hidden Oak Elementary School	18.6	775
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	20.3	749
Newberry High School	24.5	728
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	52.6	709
Littlewood Elementary School	24.9	706
Newberry Elementary School	22.5	661
William S. Talbot Elementary School	17	631
C. W. Norton Elementary School	26.6	598
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	51.9	586
Idylwild Elementary School	49.7	533
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	20	506
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	78.7	478
Joseph Williams Elementary School	65	469
Stephen Foster Elementary School	41.5	458
Hawthorne Middle/High School	39.7	458
Archer Elementary School	24.5	457
Glen Springs Elementary School	24.2	426
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	87.3	402
W. W. Irby Elementary School	35.6	379
Chester Shell Elementary School	33.8	355
A. L. Mebane Middle School	33.1	332
Lake Forest Elementary School	78.8	330
Alachua Elementary School	38.7	326
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	27.7	271
Caring & Sharing Learning School	91.8	255
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	21.9	242
North Central Florida Public Charter School	77.2	184
The One Room School House Project	55.9	177
Boulware Springs Charter	53.2	158
Sidney Lanier Center	14.1	149
Siatech at Gainesville	54.2	131
Resilience Charter School Inc.	46.7	120
The Einstein School Inc.	25.5	102
A.quinn Jones Center	29.7	64
Pace	22	50