Loften High School

Professional Academies' Magnet @ Loften High School
3000 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida, 32641
Information
TypePublic
MottoPrepare Professionally, Advance Academically, Model Maturity!
School district
Alachua County School District
Principal
Kristopher Bracewell
Teaching staff
15.33 (on FTE basis)
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment310 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio
20.22
ColorsBlue and Gold   
MascotEagle
NicknameLoften
WebsiteLoften High School

The Professional Academies' Magnet @ Loften High School (or W. Travis Loften High School) is a public high school in Gainesville, Florida in the United States. It is part of Alachua County School District and occupies a 174-acre (0.70 km2) campus in a medium-sized community.

Overview

Loften is a nonzoning, exclusively magnet school or a "school of choice" where students must actively seek the school out and apply . While this ensures the genuine interest of attending students in the offered, often expensive to maintain programs, it also means that Loften has a very small student body. Loften averages around 300 enrolled students. These students are divided among 1-2 dozen teachers in a 4-period block schedule, where they switch all their non-academy classes at the end of the semester.

Career focus

Loften has six career-oriented programs:

Discontinued Academies

Administration

References

  1. ↑ Administration Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. Loften High School. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY MAGNET AT LOFTEN HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Message from the Principal". www.alachuaschools.net. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Magnet Programs". www.alachuaschools.net. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Staff". www.alachuaschools.net. Retrieved April 13, 2026.

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