BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, run under DUVAL. The school caters to 818 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 35% bigger than that benchmark.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOMERSET ACADEMY-ELEMENTARY EAGLE CAMPUS, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 818). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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