ANCHOR ACADEMY

Located at 555 WONDERWOOD DR, in ATLANTIC BEACH, Florida, ANCHOR ACADEMY is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves 289 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under DUVAL. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so ANCHOR ACADEMY sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

DUVAL comprises 206 schools with combined enrollment of 131,562 students; ANCHOR ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, ANCHOR ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 22% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ANCHOR ACADEMY has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, ANCHOR ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 75.8%; actual is 60.4%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ANCHOR ACADEMY is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is SEASIDE CHARTER K-8 SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANCHOR ACADEMY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. ANCHOR ACADEMY's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 289). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 52% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ANCHOR ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.