IDEA RIVER BLUFF

IDEA RIVER BLUFF, a well-populated combined-grade school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, educates 1,032 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 192% bigger than the state mean of about 353.

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

On demographics, IDEA RIVER BLUFF logs that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 25% Hispanic, 8% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at IDEA RIVER BLUFF qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Duval County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA RIVER BLUFF tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Duval County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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 RIVER BLUFF is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS-JAX, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA RIVER BLUFF. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA RIVER BLUFF ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. IDEA RIVER BLUFF is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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