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Enrollment
1,035
High
DISTRICT 901 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048002469
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
2445 SAN DIEGO RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207 · (904) 346-5620 · Duval County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,035 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Florida public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
163 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 258 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 270 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 239 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 268 | 26% |
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
83.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -25.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 down about 25 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS this school | 1,035 | 15.7% | 73.3% |
| SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,007 | 12.7% | 89.1% |
| DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL NEPTUNE BEACH | 2,184 | 21.5% | 58.9% |
| MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,343 | 22.3% | 64.5% |
| PLANT HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 2,391 | 14.3% | 70.0% |
| EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 1,980 | 19.0% | 64.6% |
Matched among Florida high 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 DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #79 of 555 | #5 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #446 of 549 ▼ 313 | #22 of 23 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #54 of 559 ▼ 4 | #4 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,035 | #390 of 830 | #18 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #174 of 575 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #253 of 594 | #17 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #578 of 630 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #154 of 289 | #8 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,035
-85 (-8%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 1,035 | 51 | 20.3:1 | 16% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 1,053 | 49 | 21.5:1 | 17% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 1,068 | 53 | 20.1:1 | 19% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 1,120 | 56 | 20.0:1 | 19% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 1,136 | 60 | 18.9:1 | 23% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 1,202 | 59 | 20.4:1 | 21% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 1,168 | 60 | 19.5:1 | 13% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 41 | 22.5:1 | 9% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
About DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS sits in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, and is classified as a high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,035 students.
Federal data list 206 schools in DUVAL, with 131,562 students enrolled.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 51 full-time-equivalent teachers at DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, giving a ratio of 20.3:1. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. By family income, 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Duval County average 47%.
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Florida public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is 73.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 73.3%.
In Duval County, home to about 1,023,153 people, median household income comes to about $71,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Duval County's 220 public schools enroll about 141,209 students and include DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. Its average proficiency rate of 73.3% is above the 59.3% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,035 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,120.
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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
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- 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
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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
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 489
- JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S0.9 mi · 895
- HENDRICKS AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 633
- ESE PRE KINDERGARTEN DISABILITIES CENTER1.2 mi · 159
- DUVAL VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION ACADEMY1.2 mi · 738
- PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHow large is DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 1,035 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serve?
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
How diverse is DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS reports a student body of 57% White, 11% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
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