📍 301 Nw 62nd St, Gainesville, Alachua County, 32607
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gainesville, Alachua County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Harbour. It is part of the Alachua school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School enrolls 586 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 304 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 108 | 18% |
| White | 103 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 56 | 9.6% |
| Asian | 15 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 586 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 444 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Myra Terwilliger 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 21.
Myra Terwilliger 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 586 students, Myra Terwilliger Elementary School is larger 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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