Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000680
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6527 MERRILL RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32277 · (904) 745-4916 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
197 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
72%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 62.0% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 331 | 59.5% | 55.2% |
| ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 342 | 59.6% | 54.5% |
| PARKWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 322 | 62.4% | 31.9% |
| SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 375 | 57.3% | 48.2% |
| BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 367 | 61.3% | 54.2% |
| MERRILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 363 | 55.1% | N/A |
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 LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,091 of 2,136 | #48 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,478 of 2,149 ▼ 611 | #71 of 122 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,277 of 2,149 ▼ 316 | #55 of 122 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,929 of 2,267 | #96 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,976 of 2,077 | #104 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #77 of 2,108 | #19 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #925 of 2,188 | #49 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #823 of 1,374 | #53 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 2024-25Enrollment
331
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 331 | 16 | 20.7:1 | 60% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 66% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 68% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 71% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 71% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 25 | 22.9:1 | 52% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The school counts 331 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 45% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
DUVAL (206 schools, 131,562 students) runs LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Enrollment at LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 39%. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 29% Black share among all Duval County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.7 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Duval County, the school's rate is higher.
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (55.2%) and its predicted rate (51.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Among Duval County residents, median household income is about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 220 public schools in Duval County, with a combined enrollment of about 141,209.
The closest public school to LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is GRASP ACADEMY, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 37.6%, lower than LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 55.2%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 318 students in 2020-21 and 331 in 2024-25, a 4% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.7:1 to 20.7:1.
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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
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- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
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- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
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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
- GRASP ACADEMY0.7 mi · 284
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS-JAX0.8 mi · 73
- IDEA RIVER BLUFF1.0 mi · 1,032
- TERRY PARKER HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,539
- JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY EAST1.1 mi · 215
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 331 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 27% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.