Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000638
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2555 GILMORE ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32204 · (904) 381-7495 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
172 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
48%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
73.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 74.3% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 347 | 49.6% | 70.1% |
| SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 369 | 49.9% | 48.9% |
| NORTH DADE CENTER FOR MODERN LANGUAGES MIAMI GARDENS | 315 | 45.7% | 90.4% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 551 | 53.5% | 51.7% |
| MERRILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 363 | 55.1% | N/A |
| BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUNRISE | 427 | 55.0% | 55.2% |
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 CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #457 of 2,136 | #18 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #490 of 2,149 ▼ 88 | #21 of 122 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #530 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #18 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #1,894 of 2,267 | #94 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #725 of 2,077 | #22 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #1,449 of 2,108 | #95 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #1,317 of 2,188 | #77 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #1,190 of 1,374 | #71 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
347
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 50% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 56% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 56% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 56% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 65% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 55% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 74% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 71% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 27 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, are served by CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 347 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 206 schools run by DUVAL, which serves 131,562 students.
More than half of enrollment at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 70%. Other groups include 15% White, 10% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 29% Black. The diversity index for CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. At CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Duval County is close, at 47%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.3%.
The county, Duval County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,277, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 220, with about 141,209 students.
JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY is the nearest public school to CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 52.7% proficiency; CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 70.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 349 in 2020-21 and 347 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.0:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY0.7 mi · 734
- WEST RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 369
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,638
- THE BRIDGE TO SUCCESS ACADEMY AT W JACKSONVILLE1.3 mi · 220
- YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER1.3 mi · 281
- SMART POPE LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 10% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
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