DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized middle-grades school in JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Florida, DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 1,190 students from grades 6 through 8, part of DUVAL. Enrollment runs roughly 50% above the state mean of about 794.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Duval County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.5%; this one delivers 64.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Duval County shows 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%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SAN PABLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,357 (now 1,190). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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