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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000735
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6900 ALTAMA RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216 · (904) 720-1676 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
195 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
73%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 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 | 51.4% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 52.9% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 460 | 42.4% | 54.3% |
| ABESS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 509 | 44.2% | 70.8% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 510 | 44.7% | 60.0% |
| KERNAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 676 | 39.1% | 65.1% |
| ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 634 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
| HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 482 | 45.4% | 62.6% |
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 HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,123 of 2,136 | #50 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,166 of 2,149 ▲ 87 | #52 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,237 of 2,149 ▼ 84 | #53 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #1,576 of 2,267 | #70 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #159 of 2,077 | #6 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #55 of 2,108 | #16 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,519 of 2,188 | #96 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #443 of 1,374 | #30 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
460
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 460 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 42% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 49% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 47% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 51 | 11.4:1 | 51% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 45% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 50% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 43% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with an address in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. There are 460 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools in DUVAL, which enrolls 131,562 students in total.
About 37% of students at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Duval County, the White share is about 51%. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 42% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 59.9%. HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 54.3%.
For the population of 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%. HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Duval County with 219 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY is about 0.9 miles from HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 49 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 991
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY0.9 mi · 463
- HOGAN-SPRING GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 435
- DUVAL CHARTER SCHOLARS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 501
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY1.0 mi · 579
- LOVE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.