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What's the biggest difference between DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,064
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008371
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE
8680 AC SKINNER PKWY, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 · (904) 423-5348 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,064 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
627 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 | 137 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (106).
Student demographics
75%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
59.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 50.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 SOUTHSIDE
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE this school | 1,064 | 58.9% | 56.4% |
| CHAIN OF LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 1,007 | 55.6% | 60.1% |
| DUVAL CHARTER AT BAYMEADOWS JACKSONVILLE | 1,399 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
| SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,007 | 55.2% | 52.4% |
| OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,022 | 57.0% | 60.9% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT COASTAL JACKSONVILLE | 1,082 | 66.3% | 53.9% |
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 DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,030 of 2,136 | #44 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #1,038 of 2,149 ▲ 339 | #46 of 122 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #861 of 2,149 ▲ 447 | #33 of 122 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,064 | #156 of 2,267 | #7 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,984 of 2,077 | #107 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #19 of 2,108 | #4 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #950 of 2,188 | #50 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.0% | #152 of 621 | #11 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
1,064
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 37.0:1
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 | 1,064 | 51 | 20.9:1 | 59% (627) |
| 2023-24 | 1,019 | N/A | N/A | 82% (832) |
| 2022-23 | 1,025 | 45 | 22.8:1 | 52% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 1,072 | 29 | 37.0:1 | 38% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | N/A | N/A | 38% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | N/A | N/A | 15% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE.
About DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE
A large elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE is part of DUVAL. The student body numbers 1,064 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 76% larger than that.
DUVAL operates 206 schools. Combined enrollment is 131,562 students.
The most common group at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE is White students, at 33%. It is also 26% Black, 26% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Duval County's residents are about 51% White, 18 points above the school's share. DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE operates with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.9:1. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 59% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 47% average for public schools in Duval County is 12 points lower.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Duval County, the median household income is $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 220 public schools in Duval County, enrolling about 141,209 students in all.
The school nearest to DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE is GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARTS, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,072 in 2020-21 and 1,064 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 37.0:1 to 20.9:1 over the same years.
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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
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
- GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARTS1.3 mi · 411
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES1.7 mi · 9
- DUVAL CHARTER AT BAYMEADOWS2.1 mi · 1,399
- DUVAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AT BAYMEADOWS2.1 mi · 749
- WINDY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 416
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL2.4 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDEHow many students attend DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE enrolls approximately 1,064 students in grades KG-08.
Is DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE an elementary, middle, or high school?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE have?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE?
Student demographics at DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE are roughly 33% White, 26% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE in?
DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE is part of DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.