JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized intermediate school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL, works with 980 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 23% above that benchmark.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 13% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Duval County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.4%, the actual is 81.0%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Duval County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

PALM AVENUE EXCEP. STUDENT CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.1%.

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 993 students in 2018 compared to 980 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 21% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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