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Enrollment
803
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048002163
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1515 FLORIDA BLVD, NEPTUNE BEACH, FL 32266 · (904) 247-5954 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
200 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
49%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
71.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
76.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 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 | 71.4% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 71.0% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 803 | 24.9% | 72.2% |
| ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 807 | 20.4% | 73.9% |
| TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 864 | 25.3% | 75.4% |
| JAMES E PLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 762 | 27.7% | 78.0% |
| GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKEWOOD RANCH | 672 | 24.1% | 81.0% |
| LIMESTONE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 902 | 22.5% | 73.9% |
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 NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #376 of 2,136 | #12 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #391 of 2,149 ▲ 112 | #16 of 122 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #391 of 2,149 ▼ 38 | #11 of 122 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #459 of 2,267 | #25 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #242 of 2,077 | #9 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #1,404 of 2,108 | #92 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #1,915 of 2,188 | #114 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,110 of 1,374 | #66 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
803
+48 (+6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,172
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 803 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 25% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 30% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 59 | 13.3:1 | 31% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 60 | 12.6:1 | 34% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 69 | 12.4:1 | 43% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 68 | 12.9:1 | 44% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 66 | 13.9:1 | 47% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 1,042 | 57 | 18.3:1 | 43% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 1,172 | 60 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in DUVAL, located in NEPTUNE BEACH, Florida. School enrollment was 803 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 33% larger than that.
DUVAL includes 206 schools. Together they enroll 131,562 students.
By race and ethnicity, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 69% White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Duval County's population at about 51%. NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 59 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 13.6:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 25%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Duval County is 47%.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 3.5 points above predicted: 72.2% against 68.7%.
Federal survey data for Duval County show that median household income is about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 220 public schools in Duval County.
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 12.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 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 NEPTUNE BEACH
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,184
- ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 482
- SAN PABLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 481
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,190
- ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 802
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL2.1 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 803 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEPTUNE BEACH 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.