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Enrollment
895
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000647
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S
1819 THACKER AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207 · (904) 346-5650 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL895 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
129 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 293 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%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
85.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
87.7%
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 88 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.4% | 87.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 87.5% |
% 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
84.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 →
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JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S's state test result (84.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S this school | 895 | 14.4% | 84.2% |
| ORLANDO GIFTED ACADEMY ORLANDO | 442 | 12.0% | 98.1% |
| BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 903 | 28.7% | 66.2% |
| DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,496 | 18.4% | 77.5% |
| WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 856 | 35.2% | 75.0% |
| FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 1,157 | 12.7% | 82.8% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #19 of 560 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.7% | #32 of 560 ▼ 6 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #19 of 560 ▼ 3 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 895 | #226 of 584 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #503 of 547 | #23 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #56 of 553 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #545 of 565 | #27 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.2% | #43 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
895
+19 (+2%) vs 2020
+85% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 895 | 39 | 22.9:1 | 14% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 41 | 21.0:1 | 19% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 818 | 39 | 21.0:1 | 18% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | 37 | 23.7:1 | 16% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 19% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 36 | 20.9:1 | 20% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 60% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S.
About JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S is a medium-sized middle-grades school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The school's enrollment of 895 students covers grades 6 through 8.
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S is run by DUVAL, whose 206 schools enroll 131,562 students.
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 45%. Other reported shares: 26% Asian, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.9:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S is 14%. Public schools in Duval County average 47%.
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S scores 84.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 74.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Duval County, the median household income is $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 220 public schools in Duval County, enrolling about 141,209 students in all.
Nearest public school: DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 64.0%; JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S's is 84.2%, ranking 1st of 6.
Federal data place JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 876 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 895.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.9 mi · 1,035
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 489
- HENDRICKS AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 633
- PRETRIAL DETENTION FACILITY1.3 mi · 31
- LAVILLA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS2.0 mi · 972
- PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SHow large is JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S?
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S enrolls approximately 895 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S serve?
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S?
At JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S, the student body is approximately 45% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 26% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S in?
JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S is part of DUVAL.
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