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Enrollment
802
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048002742
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2051 SAN PABLO RD S, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32224 · (904) 221-7101 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
187 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
78.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 72.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 802 | 23.3% | 70.2% |
| PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR PALM BAY | 724 | 24.9% | 62.4% |
| LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 977 | 21.8% | 82.0% |
| LIMESTONE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 902 | 22.5% | 73.9% |
| MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 698 | 21.8% | 76.8% |
| PARRISH CHARTER ACADEMY PARRISH | 891 | 23.2% | 56.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #454 of 2,136 | #17 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #336 of 2,149 ▲ 111 | #14 of 122 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #597 of 2,149 ▼ 115 | #20 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #461 of 2,267 | #26 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,133 of 2,077 | #31 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,025 of 2,108 | #82 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #1,946 of 2,188 | #116 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #742 of 1,374 | #49 of 80 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
802
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,111
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 23% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 31% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 55 | 14.5:1 | 29% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 934 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 32% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 999 | 62 | 16.1:1 | 31% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 1,210 | 57 | 21.2:1 | 20% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 1,111 | 54 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. A total of 802 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 33% higher.
The district for ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is DUVAL, with 206 schools and 131,562 students.
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Duval County overall, about 51% of residents are White. ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
At ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 50 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 23% of enrollment. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Duval County is 24 points.
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 69.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Duval County show that the median household income is $71,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in the county.
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 64.6% on proficiency, and ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 70.2%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 796 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 802. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.5 to 16.0 over 4 years.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL0.1 mi · 814
- ABESS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 509
- NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 803
- AMIKIDS JACKSONVILLE2.0 mi · 23
- KERNAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 676
- KERNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 802 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 61% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.