ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a close-knit primary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL, enrolls 342 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 604.

Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% Hispanic, 17% White, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 341 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.