SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL operates as a sprawling 9-12 campus in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 2,627 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 154% above typical.

SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that works with 131,562 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 25% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL has 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Duval County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Duval County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one.

ALDEN ROAD EXCEP. STUDENT CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,846 (now 2,627). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 17% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

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