DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, one of the schools within DUVAL. The school hosts 562 students in grades pre-K through 5.

DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that teaches 131,562 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 25% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Duval County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 60.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Duval County indicate median household income runs about $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 DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 562). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 42% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.