Alachua
A public school district in Gainesville, Florida, with 62 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 28,204
- Students enrolled
- 1,644.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 3,691.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,075
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 28,204 in 2024–25
- Ranks 235th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 27th of 82 in Florida. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,075 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 9% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Alachua spent $11,075 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,304 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,075 | $320.8 million | 28,964 |
| FY2022 | $10,805 | $311.3 million | 28,808 |
| FY2021 | $10,880 | $307.9 million | 28,300 |
| FY2020 | $10,094 | $300.4 million | 29,761 |
| FY2019 | $9,707 | $289.7 million | 29,845 |
| FY2018 | $9,192 | $273.6 million | 29,764 |
| FY2017 | $9,071 | $267.4 million | 29,475 |
| FY2016 | $8,809 | $258.2 million | 29,305 |
| FY2015 | $8,856 | $254.1 million | 28,689 |
| FY2014 | $8,856 | $249.4 million | 28,157 |
| FY2013 | $8,599 | $239.3 million | 27,826 |
| FY2012 | $8,631 | $237.2 million | 27,480 |
| FY2011 | $9,104 | $250.5 million | 27,513 |
| FY2010 | $8,707 | $241.9 million | 27,783 |
| FY2009 | $8,559 | $235.8 million | 27,546 |
| FY2008 | $8,966 | $254.4 million | 28,378 |
| FY2007 | $8,305 | $240.8 million | 28,998 |
| FY2006 | $7,605 | $221.4 million | 29,109 |
| FY2005 | $7,304 | $213.7 million | 29,259 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $66.4 million | 16.8% |
| State | $142.1 million | 35.8% |
| Local | $188.0 million | 47.4% |
| Total | $396.6 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
62 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- ALACHUA
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1200030
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Florida — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Florida — A to Z, each with its page.
- Florida on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved