ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an intimate elementary school in ATLANTIC BEACH, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 482 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 20% leaner than typical.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.5%; this one delivers 80.5%.

Around the school, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 471 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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