FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES

FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES operates as a mid-sized senior high in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 1,167 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES lists that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.6%; this one comes in at 41.6%, -17.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Duval County put the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is GREGORY DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,181 students in 2018 to 1,167 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 14% to 22%.

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