CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY

CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, one of the schools within DUVAL, educateing 884 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 46% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that hosts 131,562 students overall.

Demographically, CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.

In the broader community, Duval County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHAFFEE TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY has increased 19%, going from 745 students in 2018 to 884 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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