PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. The school enrolls 431 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 37% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.4%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HENDRICKS AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 436 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 45% to 40% over that span.

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