BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY

BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates as an one-room-style elementary-level community in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 205 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 604.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 30.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Duval County) logs that median household income runs about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates from an urban location. BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.