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BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

3257 LAKE SHORE BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210 · (904) 381-3920 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
225 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7621%
Grade 15816%
Grade 27520%
Grade 37220%
Grade 44312%
Grade 54312%

This year's kindergarten class (76) is 77% larger than its 5th grade class (43).

Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
9526%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
5916%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
18149%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
72%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
247%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
22561%
Female
14239%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
53.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2553.0%49.8%
2023-2456.8%48.8%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school36761.3%54.2%
PARKWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
32262.4%31.9%
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
33159.5%55.2%
ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
34259.6%54.5%
MERRILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
36355.1%N/A
MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY
PANAMA CITY
34364.1%45.4%
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 BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Duval County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.2%#1,127 of 2,136#51 of 121
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.8%#1,574 of 2,149
▼ 132
#75 of 122
▼ 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
53.0%#1,160 of 2,149
▼ 300
#50 of 122
▼ 15
Enrollment
ranked largest first
367#1,854 of 2,267#91 of 128
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.7:1#564 of 2,077#15 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
65.9%#488 of 2,108#56 of 118
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.3%#856 of 2,188#45 of 127
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.8%#755 of 1,374#50 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 2024-25
Enrollment
367
+46 (+14%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253672514.7:161% (225)
2023-243213010.7:171% (228)
2022-233302513.2:175% (246)
2020-213212413.4:178% (249)
2017-184263113.7:175% (319)
2015-163742912.9:169% (259)
2010-113622812.9:175% (271)
2000-014662816.6:171% (329)
1990-914972420.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

In JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of Duval County, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 367 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 39% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.

BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 206-school district, DUVAL, which enrolls 131,562 students.

About 49% of students at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White, 16% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The school has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 61% of students (225) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Duval County is 14 points.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.2% actual, 50.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.

The school is in Duval County, where median household income comes to about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Duval County counts 220 public schools with about 141,209 students.

LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 49.3%, lower than BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 54.2%.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 367, from 321 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.

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Duval County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
DUVAL
Address
3257 LAKE SHORE BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210
Phone
(904) 381-3920
County
Duval County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
367
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
225 (61%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120048000679
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bayview Elementary. BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 16% Hispanic, 49% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DUVAL.
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