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There were 11,633 white students enrolled in Alachua County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 1% decrease from the 11,756 white 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, white students comprised 40.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 57 schools in Alachua County, F. W. Buchholz High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,191 students, making up 46.9% 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 white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
F. W. Buchholz High School	46.9	2,540
Gainesville High School	37	1,873
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	42.6	1,287
Eastside High School	21.1	1,220
Santa Fe High School	58.5	1,154
Kanapaha Middle School	36.6	1,094
High Springs Community School	70.8	974
Oak View Middle School	53.4	964
Fort Clarke Middle School	40.1	961
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	42.3	862
Meadowbrook Elementary School	51.8	848
Westwood Middle School	33.2	847
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	27.3	823
Hidden Oak Elementary School	48.4	775
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	45.5	749
Newberry High School	55.4	728
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	20.6	709
Littlewood Elementary School	39.9	706
Newberry Elementary School	53.3	661
William S. Talbot Elementary School	52.5	631
C. W. Norton Elementary School	41.6	598
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	16	586
Idylwild Elementary School	12.6	533
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	38.3	506
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	2.3	478
Joseph Williams Elementary School	7.2	469
Stephen Foster Elementary School	29.3	458
Hawthorne Middle/High School	47.4	458
Archer Elementary School	53.2	457
Glen Springs Elementary School	49.5	426
W. W. Irby Elementary School	44.6	379
Chester Shell Elementary School	48.2	355
A. L. Mebane Middle School	43.4	332
Alachua Elementary School	39	326
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	47.6	271
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	47.1	242
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.	85.3	217
The One Room School House Project	5.6	177
Boulware Springs Charter	7.6	158
Sidney Lanier Center	23.5	149
Siatech at Gainesville	9.9	131
Resilience Charter School Inc.	23.3	120
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary	50	108
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School	74.8	107
Micanopy Academy	59.1	88
Alachua Learning Academy Middle	66.1	59