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F. W. Buchholz High School had the highest enrollment among Alachua County schools, welcoming 2,444 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

The most represented ethnicity among F. W. Buchholz High School students was white, accounting for 45% of the student population.

F. W. Buchholz High School is part of the Alachua County Public Schools District, which generally encompasses schools within Alachua County with its main office in Gainesville.

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 enrolment 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 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
F. W. Buchholz High School	Gainesville	2,444
Gainesville High School	Gainesville	1,791
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	Gainesville	1,340
Eastside High School	Gainesville	1,231
Santa Fe High School	Alachua	1,151
Kanapaha Middle School	Gainesville	1,070
Oak View Middle School	Newberry	941
High Springs Community School	High Springs	937
Fort Clarke Middle School	Gainesville	888
Meadowbrook Elementary School	Gainesville	869
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	Gainesville	846
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	Gainesville	830
Westwood Middle School	Gainesville	795
Newberry High School	Newberry	750
Hidden Oak Elementary School	Gainesville	735
Littlewood Elementary School	Gainesville	720
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	Gainesville	699
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Gainesville	697
Newberry Elementary School	Newberry	645
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	Gainesville	637
Idylwild Elementary School	Gainesville	628
William S. Talbot Elementary School	Gainesville	627
C. W. Norton Elementary School	Gainesville	539
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	Gainesville	502
Hawthorne Middle/High School	Hawthorne	492
Joseph Williams Elementary School	Gainesville	458
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	Gainesville	444
Glen Springs Elementary School	Gainesville	443
Archer Elementary School	Archer	431
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	Gainesville	420
Stephen Foster Elementary School	Gainesville	386
A. L. Mebane Middle School	Alachua	379
W. W. Irby Elementary School	Alachua	361
Chester Shell Elementary School	Hawthorne	323
Alachua Elementary School	Alachua	323
Caring & Sharing Learning School	Gainesville	320
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	Gainesville	310
Lake Forest Elementary School	Gainesville	286
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.	Micanopy	215
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	Gainesville	197
The One Room School House Project	Gainesville	188
North Central Florida Public Charter School	Gainesville	187
Sidney Lanier Center	Gainesville	165
Boulware Springs Charter	Gainesville	158
Siatech at Gainesville	Gainesville	154
Resilience Charter School Inc.	Gainesville	114
Micanopy Academy	Micanopy	111
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School	Newberry	108
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary	Alachua	102
The Einstein School Inc.	Gainesville	100
A.quinn Jones Center	Gainesville	91
Expressions Learning Arts Academy	Gainesville	78
Alachua Learning Academy Middle	Alachua	64
Pace	Gainesville	51
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program	Gainesville	39
Hospital Homebound	Gainesville	28
Amikids	Gainesville	26