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R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1951 W 15TH ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32209 · (904) 630-6872 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Florida public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats 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

Enrollment
121
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
87 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten1210%
Grade 11815%
Grade 21412%
Grade 32218%
Grade 42621%
Grade 52924%

This year's kindergarten class (12) is 59% smaller than its 5th grade class (29).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
65%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
43%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
10688%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
43%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Pacific Islander
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
6856%
Female
5344%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.7%39.0%
2023-2449.7%42.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school12171.9%44.9%
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
17868.0%38.9%
EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT DUVAL
GAINESVILLE
11779.5%N/A
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
QUINCY
12178.5%71.6%
S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
18864.4%42.0%
GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GREENVILLE
10582.9%22.1%
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 R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Duval County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.9%#1,584 of 2,136#69 of 121
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
39.0%#1,947 of 2,149
▼ 209
#100 of 122
▼ 16
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.7%#1,459 of 2,149
▼ 267
#63 of 122
▼ 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
121#2,176 of 2,267#128 of 128
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
71.9%#384 of 2,188#21 of 127
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-62.1%#8 of 1,374#1 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 2024-25
Enrollment
121
-197 (-62%) vs 2020
-82% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25121815.1:172% (87)
2023-24157819.6:161% (95)
2022-232131119.4:158% (124)
2020-213181817.7:155% (174)
2017-183192413.3:154% (171)
2015-164002516.0:173% (293)
2010-113242214.7:167% (218)
2000-013701721.8:179% (294)
1990-916622724.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school. There are 121 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 80% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.

DUVAL counts 206 schools and 131,562 students, including R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

A large majority of enrollment at R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, at 88%. It is also 5% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Duval County's residents are about 29% Black, 59 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 23%.

R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1, with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The school has 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Duval County is 47%.

Among Florida public elementary schools, R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.9% actual, 45.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.

American Community Survey estimates for Duval County show that median household income comes to about $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 220, with about 141,209 students.

R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from SUSIE E. TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 44.9% is above the 43.6% average for nearby schools.

NCES describes the area around R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2020-21 the school reported 318 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 121. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.7:1 to 15.1:1 over the same years.

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Duval County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
DUVAL
Address
1951 W 15TH ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32209
Phone
(904) 630-6872
County
Duval County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
121
Teachers (FTE)
8
Student–teacher ratio
15.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
87 (72%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120048000712
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 121 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Asian.
Who oversees R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
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