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Teachers. 1,532 [1] Student–teacher ratio. 19.47 [1] Other information. Website. sbac .edu. Alachua County Public Schools is a public school district serving Alachua County in North Central Florida. It serves approximately 29,845 students in 64 schools and centers.
Alachua County ( / əˈlætʃuə / ⓘ ə-LATCH-oo-ə) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. [1] The county seat is Gainesville, [2] the home of the University of Florida since 1906, when the campus opened with 106 students.
Even after a public school system had been established in Alachua County, most white children who went to school did so at private schools, and the Union Academy was in session for a larger part of the year, and its teachers were better paid, than was the case for the public schools. Public education remained underfunded into the 1880s, classes ...
The National Geographic textbook, America Through the Lens, was originally on the Florida Department of Education's approved textbook list. State pulled history books from Alachua County high ...
Starting on Aug. 22, Alachua County Public School's testing window will open for the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) — a progress monitoring testing system that will give ...
Leanetta McNealy, Ph.D., a member of the Alachua County School Board, will be guest speaker at Gainesville For All meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 25
Designated. December 1974. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark. It is crossed by both I-75 and U.S. 441 (which has a scenic outlook ramp).
Bennington was a community in Alachua County, southeast of the city of Alachua and west of Gainesville. A post office was established in 1897, and closed in 1905. [6] [4] [5] Cadillac was a community in western Alachua County at 29°44′30″N82°32′19″W / 29.7416312°N 82.5387241°W / 29.7416312; -82.5387241 (Cadillac).