Hidden Oak Elementary, 2100 Fort Clarke Blvd.: pre-K through fifth grade, 735 students in 2023-24 and an A 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.

Hidden Oak Elementary School is the Alachua County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K through fifth grade at 2100 Fort Clarke Blvd.. The address says Gainesville, but the campus sits west of the city limits in unincorporated Alachua County, according to the Census Bureau’s city boundary.

Who to call

  • Front office: 352-333-2801, 2100 Fort Clarke Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606
  • School website: alachuaschools.net/o/hiddenoak
  • 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 2100 Fort Clarke Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone 352-333-2801
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Alachua County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Sharon Sailor, according to the district’s Schools and Centers Directory, which links each school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 735 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 15 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 A (68% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

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: 73%
  • Math: 70%
  • Science: 74%

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 1% of the people who live in the Hidden Oak 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, 79% of the zone’s residents live in the Fort Clarke Middle zone, and the rest in the Kanapaha Middle zone. For high school, the zone lies in the Buchholz High zone.

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.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Hidden Oak Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. It is part of Alachua County Public Schools, at 2100 Fort Clarke Blvd., Gainesville.

What is Hidden Oak Elementary’s school grade?

Hidden Oak Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 68% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Which high school does Hidden Oak Elementary feed into?

The district zones each address separately. On the 2026-27 maps, the Hidden Oak Elementary zone lies mostly in the Fort Clarke Middle zone for middle school and the Buchholz High zone for high school.

Who is the principal of Hidden Oak Elementary?

Sharon Sailor, according to the district’s Schools and Centers Directory.