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HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 6900 ALTAMA RD, in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy primary school that caters to 460 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of DUVAL. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 604.
Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of -5.7 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Duval County put 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%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.0%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. HOLIDAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 460). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 53% to 37%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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