CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus, one of the schools within DUVAL. It teaches 347 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 70.1%, a residual of +13.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Duval County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 363 (now 347). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 65% to 70%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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