Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000657
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2814 DUNN AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32218 · (904) 924-3130 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
246 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
42%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 41.6% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 390 | 63.1% | 40.5% |
| POINCIANA STEM ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 430 | 62.8% | 57.5% |
| SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 460 | 66.3% | 45.8% |
| HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 339 | 63.7% | 50.3% |
| SOMERSET NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 467 | 63.4% | 62.5% |
| WILLIAM FRANGUS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 430 | 66.5% | 44.3% |
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 GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,783 of 2,136 | #76 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,650 of 2,149 ▲ 112 | #83 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,565 of 2,149 ▲ 148 | #68 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,791 of 2,267 | #85 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,629 of 2,077 | #61 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,626 of 2,108 | #101 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #791 of 2,188 | #42 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #982 of 1,374 | #58 of 80 |
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
390
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 63% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 70% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 68% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 68% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 63% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 69% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 60% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 43 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 390 students. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
DUVAL operates 206 schools. Combined enrollment is 131,562 students.
The largest group at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 75%. Other groups include 10% White, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County residents are about 29% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 42%.
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Duval County.
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 40.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.6%.
In Duval County, the median household earns about $71,277 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Duval County, 220 public schools serve about 141,209 students.
About 0.7 miles separate GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8.
NCES describes the area around GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 384; in 2024-25, 390.
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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
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Other Garden City Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Garden City Elementary. GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Garden City Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 727 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGarden City, GA · 597 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN CENTER, MN · 366 students
- Garden City ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 302 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGARDEN CITY, TX · 136 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 685
- SOMERSET ACADEMY-ELEMENTARY EAGLE CAMPUS0.8 mi · 324
- SOMERSET ACADEMY-MIDDLE EAGLE CAMPUS0.8 mi · 177
- PINE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 220
- BISCAYNE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 217
- BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
Is GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 10% White, 9% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
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