📍 14533 Sw 170th St, Archer, Alachua County, 32618
Archer Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Archer, Alachua County. The school has 457 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alachua school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Archer Elementary enrolls 457 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 25% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 250 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 113 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 457 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 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.
Archer Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Archer Elementary 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 457 students, Archer Elementary is close to the district average of about 441 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe