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Lake Forest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gainesville, Alachua County. The school has 330 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karla Hutchinson. It is part of the Alachua school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lake Forest Elementary School enrolls 330 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 10% White and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 260 | 79% |
| White | 34 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 330 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 294 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lake Forest Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-30, state senate district 8, state house district 20.
Lake Forest Elementary School is one of 64 schools in ALACHUA, based in GAINESVILLE, Florida. The district serves 28,204 students district-wide and employs 1,460 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 330 students, Lake Forest Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 441 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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