Enrollment
156
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000731
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6305 OLD KINGS RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32254 · (904) 693-7555 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL156 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
104 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
62%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
56.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 50.7% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 156 | 66.7% | 53.5% |
| JACKSON COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER MARIANNA | 129 | 65.1% | N/A |
| PINETTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINETTA | 121 | 62.8% | 53.4% |
| THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE PROJECT GAINESVILLE | 176 | 71.0% | 47.9% |
| HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 191 | 67.5% | 40.4% |
| BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER GAINESVILLE | 171 | 56.7% | 66.1% |
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 PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,150 of 2,136 | #55 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #845 of 2,149 ▲ 502 | #37 of 122 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,024 of 2,149 ▲ 562 | #45 of 122 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 156 | #2,153 of 2,267 | #126 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #601 of 2,188 | #30 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #169 of 1,374 | #14 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
156
-50 (-24%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 156 | 7 | 22.3:1 | 67% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 9 | 17.6:1 | 72% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | 73% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 81% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 81% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 82% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 87% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 82% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 20 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, (ZIP code 32254). The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 156 students. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
DUVAL has a total of 206 schools and 131,562 students, PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
At PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 47%. Smaller groups are 39% White, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 29% of Duval County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The school has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Duval County report 47%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.8% at PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.5%.
In the wider Duval County area, the median household earns about $71,277 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Duval County with 219 other public schools.
RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 53.5% is above the 46.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 24%. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.8 to 22.3 over 4 years.
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other Pickett Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pickett Elementary. PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Pickett Elementary SchoolLexington, NC · 385 students
- PICKETT ELEM.ST JOSEPH, MO · 250 students
- Pickett Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 209 students
Nearby schools
- RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 233
- S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 188
- TIGER ACADEMY1.6 mi · 198
- BILTMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 206
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 297
- WILLIAM M. RAINES HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,376
Frequently asked questions
About PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 156 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 39% White, 8% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PICKETT 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.