NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in NEPTUNE BEACH, Florida, operated by DUVAL. The school serves 803 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Duval County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.2%.

Around the school, Duval County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.1%.

NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 857 (now 803). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 15% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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