Norton Elementary, 2200 NW 45th Ave.: kindergarten through fifth grade, 539 students in 2023-24 and a B in Florida's 2026 school grades.
Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Alachua County Public Schools’ Schools and Centers Directory, zone maps and 2026-27 calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the Census Bureau’s 2020 census block counts and the federal NCES school directory.
C.W. Norton Elementary School is the Alachua County Public Schools elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade at 2200 NW 45th Ave., Gainesville.
Who to call
- Front office: 352-955-6765, 2200 NW 45th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32605
- School website: alachuaschools.net/o/norton
- Which school is my address zoned for? Office of Student Assignment (Zoning), 352-955-7700, zoning@alachuaschools.net
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment page; district office 352-955-7300
- Buses: district Transportation, 352-955-7602
| Address | 2200 NW 45th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32605 |
| Phone | 352-955-6765 |
| Grades | K to 5 |
| District | Alachua County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Isa Carter, according to the district’s Schools and Centers Directory, which links each school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 539 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 14 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida grades every public school A to F each year. The grade is the share of possible points a school earns on state test results and learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration measures and, for high schools, the graduation rate, according to the Florida Department of Education.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B (60% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | B |
| 2023-24 | C |
From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:
- English language arts: 60%
- Math: 54%
- Science: 67%
The full report card, with test results by grade and student group, is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable grades file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s Find My School zone maps (instructions on its Find My School page), or ask the Office of Student Assignment at 352-955-7700 or zoning@alachuaschools.net.
On the district’s 2026-27 elementary zone map, about 96% of the people who live in the Norton Elementary zone live inside Gainesville city limits, by 2020 census block counts.
The district does not publish a feeder list: students are zoned by address for each level. For middle school, 52% of the zone’s residents live in the Bishop Middle zone, and the rest in the Westwood Middle zone. For high school, 85% of the zone’s residents live in the Gainesville High zone, and the rest in the Santa Fe High and Eastside High zones.
Our neighborhood guides show how homes are zoned in Northwood.
These zones are new. The School Board approved a right-sizing plan, announced in a district news release on March 13, 2026, that redrew elementary, middle and high school zones for 2026-27, the first districtwide rezoning since 2003. Details are on the district’s Our Schools, Future Ready page. The same plan closed Foster Elementary at the end of the 2025-26 school year, and the district moved Foster’s STEM magnet to Norton.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar, which applies to every district school:
- Tuesday, Oct. 13: end of the first nine weeks
- Friday, Oct. 16: student holiday, teacher workday
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
- Nov. 23-27: no school for Thanksgiving week
- Friday, Dec. 18: flex day, no school
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
- Monday, Jan. 4: flex day, no school
The district says it will use the two flex days, Dec. 18 first, as makeup days if school is canceled for a hurricane or other emergency.
Programs
The district’s magnet programs page lists the STEM Magnet at Norton Elementary. Magnet seats are by application through the district; the application for 2026-27 has closed, and the district says it will post the 2027-28 timeline on that page. Magnet questions: 352-955-7121.
The district’s magnet page says its STEM Magnet, formerly at Foster Elementary, moves to Norton starting with the 2026-27 school year.
More on Gainesville schools
- The school’s page on the district website: alachuaschools.net/o/norton
- Every public school in Gainesville, with zones and report cards
- Our Gainesville schools guide for registration, the School Board and the district calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Norton Elementary serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of Alachua County Public Schools, at 2200 NW 45th Ave., Gainesville.
What is Norton Elementary’s school grade?
Norton Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 60% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025.
Which high school does Norton Elementary feed into?
The district zones each address separately. On the 2026-27 maps, the Norton Elementary zone lies mostly in the Bishop Middle zone for middle school and the Gainesville High zone for high school; parts are zoned for Santa Fe High and Eastside High.
Who is the principal of Norton Elementary?
Isa Carter, according to the district’s Schools and Centers Directory.
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