R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY

R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY operates as a minimally staffed primary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

DUVAL comprises 206 schools with combined enrollment of 131,562 students; R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (87%) are Black. Other groups include 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 56.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Duval County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY has ticked down 35%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 78% to 87%.

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