DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. The school serves 286 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 53% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 20% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.6%; actual is 37.3%, a gap of -18.3 points.

In the area at large, Duval County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MERRILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 46%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 286 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.