HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY

HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY is a mid-sized K-5 school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. The school works with 692 students in grades pre-K through 5.

HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that teaches 131,562 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY lists that Black students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.5%; HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY posts 34.6%, -15.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Duval County shows median household income runs about $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%. HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

SEASIDE CHARTER NORTH CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 51% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 692). The Black share of enrollment declined from 76% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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