Enrollment
222
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008536
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY
1535 MILNOR ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32206 · (904) 630-6570 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
129 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 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
24%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 58.6% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY this school | 222 | 58.1% | 56.3% |
| S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 188 | 64.4% | 42.0% |
| BROWARD ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 220 | 66.4% | 42.3% |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 288 | 64.9% | 40.3% |
| LEGENDS ACADEMY CHARTER ORLANDO | 220 | 69.1% | 47.5% |
| PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 178 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
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 R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,035 of 2,136 | #45 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #952 of 2,149 ▲ 45 | #42 of 122 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,351 of 2,149 ▼ 308 | #59 of 122 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 222 | #2,084 of 2,267 | #114 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #613 of 2,077 | #16 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #1,922 of 2,108 | #112 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #978 of 2,188 | #54 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #99 of 1,374 | #10 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
222
-45 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 222 | 15 | 14.8:1 | 58% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 69% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 68% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 76% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 74% (256) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY.
About R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY
Among the schools in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, is R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY, a very small elementary school. Federal data show 222 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 63% below that mark.
The DUVAL system has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY is 87% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% White and 4% multiracial. In Duval County overall, about 29% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
Its ratio of 14.8:1 is based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. In all, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Duval County report 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Florida public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.0% for R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY. The school posts 56.3%, 4.3 points above the prediction.
The county, Duval County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,277 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY, Duval County has 220 public schools.
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY's closest public school neighbor is MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY at 2nd of 6.
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% drop, from 267 to 222.
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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
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- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 555
- DUVAL REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER0.3 mi · 97
- MATTIE V RUTHERFORD ALT ED CENTER0.9 mi · 67
- SPRINGFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 850
- ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 459
- PRETRIAL DETENTION FACILITY1.3 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY?
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY enrolls approximately 222 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY serve?
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY.
How diverse is R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY?
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY reports a student body of 6% White, 2% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY public or private?
R L BROWN GIFTED AND TALENTED ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.