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Enrollment
898
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048007894
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY
813 GOLFAR BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32209 · (904) 895-7878 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL898 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
837 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (101).
Student demographics
17%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
29.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 23.7% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY this school | 898 | 93.2% | 25.2% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT PLANTATION PLANTATION | 933 | 95.4% | 44.8% |
| KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 806 | 97.4% | 39.7% |
| TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 597 | 91.0% | 36.0% |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 538 | 89.4% | 36.4% |
| OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ORLANDO | 824 | 81.4% | 27.3% |
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 KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #2,118 of 2,136 | #118 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #2,130 of 2,149 ▼ 2 | #119 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #2,077 of 2,149 ▲ 4 | #112 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 898 | #314 of 2,267 | #13 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #2,051 of 2,077 | #115 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #1,981 of 2,108 | #117 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #25 of 2,188 | #6 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #255 of 621 | #16 of 33 |
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
898
-754 (-46%) vs 2020
+876% since 2010-11, when it was 92
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 55.1:1
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 | 898 | 38 | 23.6:1 | 93% (837) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 3 | 306.3:1 | 90% (831) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 38 | 21.3:1 | 87% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 1,652 | 30 | 55.1:1 | 75% (1,232) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 2 | 389.5:1 | 77% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | N/A | N/A | 15% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 92 | 6 | 15.3:1 | 75% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY.
About KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is a medium-sized elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, administered by DUVAL. It enrolled 898 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is in DUVAL, a district with 131,562 students across 206 schools.
The large majority of students at KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY, 91%, are Black. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY comes in at 17%.
Federal staffing data show 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY and a ratio of 23.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 93% of enrollment. That is 46 points above the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.
On BeatsExpectations, KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is 9.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census estimates describe Duval County this way: median household income is about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Duval County number 220 and enroll about 141,209.
Of nearby public schools, HORIZON INSTITUTE is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY as a charter school.
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY had 1,652 students in 2020-21 and 898 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The ratio of students to teachers went from 55.1:1 to 23.6:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- HORIZON INSTITUTE0.4 mi · 373
- BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.5 mi · 205
- A. PHILIP RANDOLPH ACADEMIES0.7 mi · 349
- ANDREW JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 839
- NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 614
- STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY1.0 mi · 1,270
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY?
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY enrolls approximately 898 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY serve?
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY have?
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY?
Student demographics at KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY are roughly 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY?
KIPP V.O.I.C.E ACADEMY is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.