NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY

NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized primary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. The school enrolls 614 students in grades pre-K through 5.

DUVAL comprises 206 schools with combined enrollment of 131,562 students; NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Duval County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

Around the school, Duval County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY has decreased 12%, going from 696 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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