Education

All of the Gainesville urban area is served by Alachua County Public Schools, which has some 75 different institutions in the county, most of which are in the Gainesville area. Gainesville is also home to the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. The University of Florida is a major financial boost to the community, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional revenues are created by the athletic events that occur at UF, including SEC football games. In all the University of Florida contributes nearly $9 billion annually to Florida's economy and is responsible for more than 100,000 jobs.^[120]
Other educational institutions include City College (Gainesville campus), Oak Hall School, and Saint Francis Catholic Academy.

Schools

• 18 elementary schools
• 5 middle schools
• 6 high schools
• 3 Colleges
• 10 Private schools

Elementary schools

• Chiles Elementary School
• Duval Elementary School
• JJ Finley Elementary School
• Foster Elementary School
• Glen Springs Elementary School
• Hidden Oak Elementary School
• Idylwilde Elementary School
• Lake Forest Elementary School
• Littlewood Elementary School
• Meadowbrook Elementary School
• WA Metcalfe Elementary School
• Norton Knights Elementary School
• Prairie View Elementary School
• Rawlings Elementary School
• Talbot Elementary School
• Terwilliger Elementary School
• Wiles Elementary School
• Williams Elementary School

Middle schools

Middle schools in the county run from 6th to 8th grades.

• Howard Bishop Middle School
• Fort Clarke Middle School
• Kanapaha Middle School
• Lincoln Middle School
• Westwood Middle School

High schools

High schools in Gainesville run from 9th to 12th grades.

• Buchholz High School
• Eastside High School
• Gainesville High School
• Loften High School

Private schools

• Brentwood School
• Cornerstone Academy
• Gainesville Country Day School
• Millhopper Montessori School
• Oak Hall School
• P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School
• Queen of Peace Academy
• St. Patrick Interparish School
• The Rock School
• Westwood Hills Christian School
• St. Francis Academy

Colleges and universities

• City College (Gainesville campus)
• Santa Fe College
• University of Florida

City libraries

The Alachua County Library District provides public library service to a county-wide population (in 2013) of 253,451. The Library District has reciprocal borrowing agreements with the surrounding counties of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam, and Union. These agreements are designed to facilitate access to the most conveniently located library facility regardless of an individual's county of residence.