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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000652
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7126 CIVIC CLUB DR, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32219 · (904) 924-3126 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
221 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
60%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 64.3% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 562 | 39.3% | 60.9% |
| S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 494 | 39.1% | 60.8% |
| W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 519 | 39.9% | 58.9% |
| DOUGLAS L. JAMERSON JR. ELEMENTARY ST PETERSBURG | 536 | 46.5% | 62.3% |
| SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 520 | 39.6% | 60.8% |
| CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 884 | 43.4% | 50.9% |
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 DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #822 of 2,136 | #34 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #680 of 2,149 ▲ 86 | #28 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,020 of 2,149 ▼ 41 | #44 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,177 of 2,267 | #45 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,941 of 2,077 | #96 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #890 of 2,108 | #76 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #1,601 of 2,188 | #100 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #278 of 621 | #18 of 33 |
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
562
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 39% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 50% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 53% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 56% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 60% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 63% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 57% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. It reported 562 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within DUVAL, which has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
Of every 100 students at DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 57 are Black. It is also 25% White, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Duval County's residents are about 29% Black, 28 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school's 28 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Duval County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 60.9% actual against 61.5% predicted.
The county, Duval County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 220 public schools and about 141,209 students.
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.1 miles away. The five-mile area around DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.1% on proficiency, and DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 60.9%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 546 to 562, a 3% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.1:1) than in 2020-21 (17.1:1).
The allk12 page for DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
- S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 188
- RUTLEDGE H. PEARSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 758
- RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 233
- PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 156
- JEAN RIBAULT MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 530
- JEAN RIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,224
Frequently asked questions
About DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
Is DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 25% White, 9% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.