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EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL
EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the roomy 9-12 campuss in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL, with 1,663 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 1,035.
Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% multiracial. 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, On paper, EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -12.3 points.
In the area at large, Duval County reports that median household income runs about $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).
The closest other public school is DUVAL MYCROSCHOOL OF INTEGRATED ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGIES, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,313 (now 1,663). White enrollment moved from 22% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.
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Duval County at a glance
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