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JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

4827 CARLISLE RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210 · (904) 381-3955 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Florida public elementary schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
72 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten8218%
Grade 18819%
Grade 28518%
Grade 36915%
Grade 47516%
Grade 56514%

This year's kindergarten class (82) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (65).

Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
27158%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
6013%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
8017%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
143%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
398%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
24753%
Female
21747%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
85.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
89.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 85 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2585.1%89.3%
2023-2482.8%89.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school46415.5%84.7%
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE
TALLAHASSEE
4619.8%67.7%
CYPRESS RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLERMONT
56716.2%77.6%
OAKLAND AVENUE CHARTER
OAKLAND
51917.9%79.5%
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE
TALLAHASSEE
44821.7%65.0%
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY
ORLANDO
48911.7%83.3%
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 JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Duval County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
84.7%#61 of 2,136#2 of 121
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
89.3%#61 of 2,149
▼ 9
#2 of 122
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
85.1%#59 of 2,149
▲ 3
#2 of 122
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
464#1,560 of 2,267#68 of 128
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.2:1#1,479 of 2,077#47 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
60.4%#857 of 2,108#74 of 118
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
15.5%#2,056 of 2,188#122 of 127
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-1.5%#1,307 of 1,374#74 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 2024-25
Enrollment
464
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254642717.2:116% (72)
2023-244182616.1:122% (93)
2022-234252715.7:122% (93)
2020-214403014.7:118% (79)
2017-184713115.2:124% (112)
2015-165123116.5:128% (143)
2010-115303216.6:121% (109)
2000-014902321.3:132% (156)
1990-914582419.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, reachable at (904) 381-3955. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 464 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 23% smaller than that.

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in DUVAL, a system of 206 schools with 131,562 students.

By race and ethnicity, JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58% White. It is also 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 60%.

The school reported 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 16% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 31 points below the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 84.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 73.4%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Duval County, median household income is about $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County, which together enroll about 141,209 students.

The shortest distance from JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to VENETIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.7% proficiency; JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 84.7%.

Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 440 to 464. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.7:1 to 17.2:1 over the same years.

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Duval County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
DUVAL
Address
4827 CARLISLE RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210
Phone
(904) 381-3955
County
Duval County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
464
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
17.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
72 (16%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120048000683
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
Is JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
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