CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 9353 STAPLES MILL DR, in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that hosts 871 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by DUVAL. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

DUVAL comprises 206 schools with combined enrollment of 131,562 students; CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Duval County shows median household income runs about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.4%.

CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 1,050 students in 2018 compared to 871 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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