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Enrollment
1,118
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048002743
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
5100 HOOD RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257 · (904) 292-0555 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,118 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
309 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 374 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 384 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 360 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%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
56.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 52.5% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,118 | 27.6% | 59.9% |
| DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE BEACH | 1,190 | 25.4% | 64.0% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,185 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| CYPRESS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,283 | 26.4% | 58.7% |
| OMNI MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 951 | 24.1% | 69.5% |
| THREE OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,091 | 25.9% | 65.3% |
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 MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #194 of 560 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #267 of 560 ▲ 26 | #8 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #246 of 560 ▼ 49 | #6 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,118 | #87 of 584 | #3 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #468 of 547 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #147 of 553 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #486 of 565 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #84 of 379 | #9 of 19 |
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
1,118
-159 (-12%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,580
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 1,118 | 51 | 21.9:1 | 28% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 1,143 | 57 | 20.1:1 | 33% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 1,173 | 57 | 20.6:1 | 33% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 1,277 | 58 | 22.0:1 | 38% (491) |
| 2017-18 | 1,478 | 76 | 19.4:1 | 40% (589) |
| 2015-16 | 1,430 | 74 | 19.3:1 | 39% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 1,614 | 94 | 17.2:1 | 29% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 1,566 | 75 | 20.9:1 | 15% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 1,580 | 77 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, administered by DUVAL. Federal data show 1,118 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is in DUVAL, a district with 131,562 students across 206 schools.
More than half of enrollment at MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is White: 52%. Next come 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Duval County overall, the White share is about 51%. The diversity index for MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. The school has 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 47% for public schools in Duval County.
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.9%) and its predicted rate (67.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
For Duval County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,277 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, Duval County has 220 public schools.
MANDARIN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,277 (2020-21) to 1,118 (2024-25).
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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
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
- MANDARIN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,061
- DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN0.5 mi · 856
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY1.2 mi · 1,677
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT OSCEOLA1.2 mi · 1,224
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT CLAY1.2 mi · 310
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDA1.3 mi · 6,069
Frequently asked questions
About MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,118 students in grades 06-08.
Is MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.