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F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL → EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL → ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL → SANTA FE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DUAL ENROLLMENT → SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL → P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL → NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL → NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL →A parent's read
- 96% graduate on time. Nearly every student who starts 9th grade here finishes in four years — the strongest baseline signal a school can post.
- Course rigor in the top 4% of US high schools. 17 AP courses plus advanced math and lab-science depth — measured against every high school in the country, not just the neighborhood.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
At a glance
- 17 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 9 calculus classes · 8 physics · 10 chemistry
- AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: 93rd percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 83% (2023-24, Florida DOE School Grades)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Gainesville High School compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 17 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL, EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2193rd percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Florida
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Florida's public scholarships
Florida's Bright Futures pays 75–100% of in-state tuition by tier, based on GPA, test scores, and community-service hours. We built a calculator that checks the exact thresholds for you.
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Florida School Grade
Florida's official A–F school grade.
Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.
How does Florida grade a high school? →
A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.
Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,825 students:
≈ 109 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,612 per student in district revenue, the 109 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,374,708/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE |
Public | 3.7 | 2,416 | -2.3% |
| EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE |
Public | 4.8 | 1,289 | +9.7% |
| ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL GAINESVILLE |
Public | 3.7 | — | — |
| SANTA FE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DUAL ENROLLMENT GAINESVILLE |
Public | 5.7 | — | — |
| SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL ALACHUA |
Public | 14.5 | 1,132 | +1.8% |
| P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE |
Public | 2.0 | 543 | +5.8% |
| NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL CITRA |
Public | 25.8 | 1,228 | -7.9% |
| NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL NEWBERRY |
Public | 16.6 | 790 | +16.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantGainesville High School is a public high school in Gainesville, FL, enrolling 1,825 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 17 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 96% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
514 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 93% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 96% in the latest EDFacts release.
Florida gave it a school grade of B with a graduation rate of 83%.
It has about 456 students per school counselor.
23% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Gainesville High School offer? Gainesville High School offers 17 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 96% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Gainesville High School's graduation rate? Gainesville High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 96% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Gainesville High School? Gainesville High School is a public high school in Gainesville, FL, enrolling 1,825 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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