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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000692
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6534 ISH BRANT RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210 · (904) 573-1050 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
253 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 38.1% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 398 | 63.6% | 40.6% |
| STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 403 | 59.1% | 40.9% |
| ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 314 | 64.6% | 40.8% |
| LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEMPLE TERRACE | 546 | 64.1% | 35.3% |
| WOODLAND ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 495 | 65.1% | 29.4% |
| PARKWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 322 | 62.4% | 31.9% |
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 CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,780 of 2,136 | #75 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,791 of 2,149 ▲ 94 | #91 of 122 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,977 of 2,149 ▼ 36 | #93 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #1,774 of 2,267 | #84 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,707 of 2,077 | #65 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #191 of 2,108 | #33 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #757 of 2,188 | #40 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #296 of 1,374 | #25 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 2024-25Enrollment
398
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 64% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 67% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 76% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 81% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 75% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 80% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 65% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A low-enrollment elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DUVAL. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 398 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
DUVAL is the local district for CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 206 schools with 131,562 students.
Black students are the largest group at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 45% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 17% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. By the diversity index, CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 70%.
The teaching staff at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. About 64% of students, or 253, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 40.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.3%.
Federal survey data for Duval County show that median household income is about $71,277, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 220 public schools operate in Duval County, serving about 141,209 students.
The nearest public school is CHARGER ACADEMY, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 427 to 398 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 16.4 to 18.1 over 4 years.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other Cedar Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cedar Hills Elementary. CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cedar Hills ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 587 students
- Cedar Hills ElementaryOak Creek, WI · 295 students
Nearby schools
- CHARGER ACADEMY0.7 mi · 964
- OAK HILL ACADEMY0.7 mi · 280
- WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 893
- HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 191
- SCHOOL OF SUCCESS ACADEMY-SOS0.9 mi · 145
- KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY1.1 mi · 806
Frequently asked questions
About CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 17% White, 23% Hispanic, 45% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.