FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of well-populated scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL, instructing 2,098 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL sits 103% above that benchmark.

FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that instructs 131,562 students overall.

On demographics, FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school logs 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.1%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of -9.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household income runs about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOUIS S. SHEFFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,988 (now 2,098). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 30% to 22%. Class-load math has rose: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

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