OCEANWAY SCHOOL

OCEANWAY SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL, works with 828 students in grades 6 through 8.

OCEANWAY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that hosts 131,562 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OCEANWAY SCHOOL lists that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, OCEANWAY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Around the school, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which OCEANWAY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: OCEANWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OCEANWAY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

OCEANWAY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 956 students in 2018 compared to 828 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 34% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the OCEANWAY SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.