FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. The school works with 465 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 23% below that benchmark.

Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 14% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 37.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household earnings sit near $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%. FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is FORT CAROLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 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), FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 465). The Black share of enrollment declined from 73% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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