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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048004197
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4763 SUTTON PARK CT, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32224 · (904) 992-3600 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
62 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%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
82.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
88.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.8% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 81.6% |
% 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
81.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (81.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 493 | 12.6% | 81.3% |
| DR. KIRAN C. PATEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 510 | 8.2% | 85.0% |
| HAWKS RISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 752 | 14.9% | 81.2% |
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST JACKSONVILLE | 726 | 21.1% | 76.4% |
| EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY WELLINGTON | 834 | 15.2% | 85.4% |
| BAY MEADOWS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 764 | 20.2% | 80.4% |
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 J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #120 of 2,136 | #3 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #73 of 2,149 ▲ 114 | #3 of 122 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #90 of 2,149 ▲ 17 | #3 of 122 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #1,450 of 2,267 | #58 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #495 of 2,077 | #14 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #37 of 2,108 | #11 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #2,092 of 2,188 | #124 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #694 of 1,374 | #46 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
493
-84 (-15%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 493 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 13% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 493 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in DUVAL. The district has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
The largest group at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 43%. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 12% Black. That is lower than the 51% White share among all Duval County residents. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 14.5:1, based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Duval County is 47%.
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 74.9% and the result is 81.3%.
In the wider Duval County area, median household income comes to about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Duval County's 220 public schools enroll about 141,209 students and include J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
CHET'S CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 577 to 493.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback 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
- CHET'S CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,079
- AMIKIDS JACKSONVILLE2.3 mi · 23
- DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT COASTAL2.4 mi · 1,082
- KERNAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 676
- KERNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,086
- SEABREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
J. ALLEN AXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.