LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of moderately sized scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, run under DUVAL, hosting 876 students in grades 6 through 8.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Duval County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ABESS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 43%, going from 1,529 students in 2018 to 876 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 41% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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