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The most represented ethnicity among Alachua County students was white, accounting for 40.3% of the student population, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 30,251 students attending Alachua County schools, 40.3% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33.4% of Alachua County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common ethnicity in Alachua County, representing 40.6% of the student body.

Kanapaha Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 36.6% white students, 30.3% Black students, 20.3% Hispanic students, 7% multiracial students, and 5.7% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 0.6% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. L. Mebane Middle School	White	43.4%	332
A.quinn Jones Center	Black	75%	64
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Black	52.6%	709
Alachua Elementary School	White	39%	326
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	White	50.4%	242
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary	White	64.8%	108
Alachua Learning Academy Middle	White	66.1%	59
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program	White	38.2%	76
Amikids	Black	73.1%	26
Archer Elementary School	White	54.7%	457
Boulware Springs Charter	Black	58.9%	158
C. W. Norton Elementary School	White	43.1%	598
Caring & Sharing Learning School	Black	91.8%	255
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	White	38.3%	506
Chester Shell Elementary School	White	50.4%	355
Eastside High School	Black	54.3%	1,220
Expressions Learning Arts Academy	White	48.8%	84
F. W. Buchholz High School	White	46.9%	2,540
Fort Clarke Middle School	White	40.1%	961
Gainesville High School	White	37%	1,873
Glen Springs Elementary School	White	49.5%	426
Hawthorne Middle/High School	White	47.4%	458
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School	White	74.8%	107
Hidden Oak Elementary School	White	48.4%	775
High Springs Community School	White	70.8%	974
Hospital Homebound	Black	38.9%	36
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	Black	52.4%	823
Idylwild Elementary School	Black	50.8%	533
Joseph Williams Elementary School	Black	65%	469
Kanapaha Middle School	White	36.6%	1,094
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	White	42.9%	862
Lake Forest Elementary School	Black	78.8%	330
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	White	46.1%	749
Littlewood Elementary School	White	40.7%	706
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	Black	87.3%	402
Meadowbrook Elementary School	White	51.8%	848
Micanopy Academy	White	77.3%	88
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.	White	85.3%	217
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	Black	51.9%	586
Newberry Elementary School	White	53.3%	661
Newberry High School	White	55.4%	728
North Central Florida Public Charter School	Black	77.2%	184
Oak View Middle School	White	53.4%	964
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	White	42.6%	1,287
Pace	Black	74%	50
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	White	47.6%	271
Resilience Charter School Inc.	Black	46.7%	120
Santa Fe High School	White	58.5%	1,154
Siatech at Gainesville	Black	55.7%	131
Sidney Lanier Center	Black	44.3%	149
Stephen Foster Elementary School	Black	41.5%	458
The Einstein School Inc.	Black	48%	102
The One Room School House Project	Black	55.9%	177
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	Black	78.7%	478
W. W. Irby Elementary School	White	44.6%	379
Westwood Middle School	Black	35.8%	847
William S. Talbot Elementary School	White	53.9%	631