IDEA BASSETT

Located at 1845 BASSETT RD, in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, IDEA BASSETT is an expansive combined-grade school that enrolls 1,012 students (grades K through 12), operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 187% above the state mean of about 353.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,602 students; IDEA BASSETT is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA BASSETT records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at IDEA BASSETT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Duval County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA BASSETT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 47.3%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household income runs about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), IDEA BASSETT is one campus in the mix.

PINE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA BASSETT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA BASSETT at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

IDEA BASSETT operates from a downtown location. IDEA BASSETT operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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