📍 21633 Se 65th Ave, Hawthorne, Alachua County, 32640
Chester Shell Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hawthorne, Alachua County. The school has 355 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ed Haukland. It is part of the Alachua school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Chester Shell Elementary School enrolls 355 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 35% Black or African American and 8.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 179 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 125 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
291 of the school's 355 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 277 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chester Shell Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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.
Chester Shell 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 355 students, Chester Shell 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: Rural - Distant
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