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Enrollment
856
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008421
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN
5209 SHAD RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257 · (904) 440-2901 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
399 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (114).
Student demographics
70%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
46.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 57.1% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN this school | 856 | 46.6% | 53.9% |
| CROWN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 785 | 47.3% | 51.0% |
| LAKE COMO SCHOOL ORLANDO | 928 | 44.5% | 58.9% |
| VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALRICO | 733 | 46.1% | 69.2% |
| RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM COAST | 967 | 49.0% | 57.2% |
| DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APOLLO BEACH | 680 | 43.7% | 52.3% |
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 DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,136 of 2,136 | #53 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,219 of 2,149 ▼ 155 | #58 of 122 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,490 of 2,149 ▼ 134 | #64 of 122 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #366 of 2,267 | #19 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,054 of 2,077 | #29 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #200 of 2,108 | #34 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #1,396 of 2,188 | #85 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #1,009 of 1,374 | #61 of 80 |
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
856
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 448.5:1
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 | 856 | 54 | 15.8:1 | 47% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | N/A | N/A | 43% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 41 | 20.6:1 | 49% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 897 | 2 | 448.5:1 | 34% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | N/A | N/A | 34% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 909 | 28 | 32.5:1 | 17% (155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN.
About DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN operates as a mid-sized elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. It has an enrollment of 856 students in kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN reports to DUVAL, which has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is White, with 39% of students. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 12 points below the 51% share among Duval County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
There are about 15.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN, which has 54. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is about 47%. The figure for public schools in Duval County is close, at 47%.
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is 3.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In the surrounding county, Duval County, median household income comes to about $71,277, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 220 public schools and about 141,209 students.
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is 4th of 4 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN as City: Large. As a charter school, DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 897 to 856. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.8:1, from 448.5:1.
The discussion board for DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,118
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT OSCEOLA0.7 mi · 1,224
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY0.7 mi · 1,677
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT CLAY0.7 mi · 310
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDA0.7 mi · 6,069
- MANDARIN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,061
Frequently asked questions
About DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARINWhat is the total enrollment at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN enrolls approximately 856 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN serve?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN.
How diverse is DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN reports a student body of 39% White, 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.