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There were 29,864 students enrolled in Alachua County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 38.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Alachua County schools, followed by 33.4% of Black students, 14.5% of Hispanic students and 7.3% of multiracial students.

F. W. Buchholz High School registered the highest enrollment among Alachua County's 57 schools at the time, welcoming 2,444 students.

As of the 2024-25 school year, Florida had a total of 4,471 public schools serving over 2.8 million students across the state.

As of 2025, Florida has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 18:1, which is significantly worse than the national average of 15:1. The state’s worst ratios are found in high schools, with an average ratio of 21:1.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranks 50th in the U.S. in terms of teacher salaries, only ahead of West Virginia.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% Change
F. W. Buchholz High School	2,540	2,444	-3.8%
Gainesville High School	1,873	1,791	-4.4%
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School	1,287	1,340	4.1%
Eastside High School	1,220	1,231	0.9%
Santa Fe High School	1,154	1,151	-0.3%
Kanapaha Middle School	1,094	1,070	-2.2%
Oak View Middle School	964	941	-2.4%
High Springs Community School	974	937	-3.8%
Fort Clarke Middle School	961	888	-7.6%
Meadowbrook Elementary School	848	869	2.5%
Howard W. Bishop Middle School	823	846	2.8%
Kimball Wiles Elementary School	862	830	-3.7%
Westwood Middle School	847	795	-6.1%
Newberry High School	728	750	3%
Hidden Oak Elementary School	775	735	-5.2%
Littlewood Elementary School	706	720	2%
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School	749	699	-6.7%
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	709	697	-1.7%
Newberry Elementary School	661	645	-2.4%
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School	586	637	8.7%
Idylwild Elementary School	533	628	17.8%
William S. Talbot Elementary School	631	627	-0.6%
C. W. Norton Elementary School	598	539	-9.9%
Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School	506	502	-0.8%
Hawthorne Middle/High School	458	492	7.4%
Joseph Williams Elementary School	469	458	-2.3%
W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School	478	444	-7.1%
Glen Springs Elementary School	426	443	4%
Archer Elementary School	457	431	-5.7%
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	402	420	4.5%
Stephen Foster Elementary School	458	386	-15.7%
A. L. Mebane Middle School	332	379	14.2%
W. W. Irby Elementary School	379	361	-4.7%
Alachua Elementary School	326	323	-0.9%
Chester Shell Elementary School	355	323	-9%
Caring & Sharing Learning School	255	320	25.5%
Professional Academy Magnet at Loften High School	271	310	14.4%
Lake Forest Elementary School	330	286	-13.3%
Micanopy Area Cooperative School Inc.	217	215	-0.9%
Alachua Eschool (Virtual Franchise)	242	197	-18.6%
The One Room School House Project	177	188	6.2%
North Central Florida Public Charter School	184	187	1.6%
Sidney Lanier Center	149	165	10.7%
Boulware Springs Charter	158	158	0%
Siatech at Gainesville	131	154	17.6%
Resilience Charter School Inc.	120	114	-5%
Micanopy Academy	88	111	26.1%
Healthy Learning Academy Charter School	107	108	0.9%
Alachua Learning Academy Elementary	108	102	-5.6%
The Einstein School Inc.	102	100	-2%
A.quinn Jones Center	64	91	42.2%
Expressions Learning Arts Academy	84	78	-7.1%
Alachua Learning Academy Middle	59	64	8.5%
Pace	50	51	2%
Alachua Virtual Instruction Program	76	39	-48.7%
Hospital Homebound	36	28	-22.2%
Amikids	26	26	0%