Rising above national averages in AP and SAT scores, the Alachua County School District excels academically while remaining competitive to national standards.
23: the number of Alachua County students competing for the National Merit Scholarship Award of the 15,000 who qualified in 2017 nationalmerit.org**
6.6 million: the number of children receiving special education services in the U.S. in the 2014-15 school year
7,000: the number of children in Alachua County’s Exceptional student education programs sbac.edu nces.ed.gov**
1620: the average SAT score of Alachua County students
1434: average SAT score of Florida
1490: the national average SAT scoresecure-media.collegeboard.org**
63 percent: Alachua County’s pass rate on AP exams in 2014
49 percent: the pass rate of Florida students
59 percent: the pass rate of U.S. students edline.net/files**
16:1: the ratio of students to teachers in public schools in 2013
12:1: the ratio of students to teachers in private schools in 2013
16:1: the ratio of students to teachers in Alachua County in 2014 nces.ed.gov**
10: the Number of years the Buchholz High School math team have been national Mu Alpha Theta champions buchholzmathteam.com