R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of very small scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, one of the schools within DUVAL, caters to 121 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 80% below typical.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (88%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Duval County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 44.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Duval County put the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SUSIE E. TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at R. V. DANIELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 62%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 121 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.