JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate K-5 school, part of DUVAL. It teaches 481 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 20% below that benchmark.

JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that teaches 131,562 students overall.

On demographics, JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.3%; this one comes in at 31.8%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 34%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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