📍 312 Nw 16th Ave, Gainesville, Alachua County, 32601
Sidney Lanier Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Gainesville, Alachua County. The school has 149 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alachua school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sidney Lanier Center enrolls 149 students across grades K–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 39% White and 6.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 66 | 44% |
| White | 58 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 6% |
| Asian | 6 | 4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 149 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 80 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sidney Lanier Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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.
Sidney Lanier Center 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 149 students, Sidney Lanier Center is smaller than the district average of about 441 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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