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What's the one class at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN every student should take?
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Enrollment
870
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008497
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN
10911 OLD ST AUGUSTINE RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257 · (904) 855-8010 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL870 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
302 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (100).
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
85.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.5% | 85.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 84.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN this school | 870 | 34.7% | 80.5% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 791 | 33.8% | 65.8% |
| THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLEMING ISLAND | 756 | 40.3% | 77.9% |
| LAWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 715 | 29.2% | 77.4% |
| VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 783 | 41.4% | 71.8% |
| RAINBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 729 | 35.1% | 86.4% |
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 RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #146 of 2,136 | #6 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #139 of 2,149 ▼ 12 | #7 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #114 of 2,149 ▲ 35 | #4 of 122 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 870 | #346 of 2,267 | #17 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #801 of 2,077 | #24 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #724 of 2,108 | #67 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,705 of 2,188 | #104 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.1% | #53 of 621 | #4 of 33 |
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
870
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 37.2:1
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 | 870 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 35% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 903 | N/A | N/A | 30% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 908 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 29% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 24 | 37.2:1 | 30% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | N/A | N/A | 46% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN.
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is an elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, reachable at (904) 855-8010. Enrollment is 870 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 44% higher.
DUVAL is made up of 206 schools with 131,562 students in all.
Roughly 57% of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 57 full-time-equivalent teachers at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN and a ratio of 15.3:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 35% of students. The 47% average for public schools in Duval County is 12 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is A+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8%. The school's actual rate is 80.5%, 16.7 points higher.
According to the American Community Survey, in Duval County, the median household income is $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 220 public schools in Duval County, enrolling about 141,209 students in all.
The nearest other public school, SEASIDE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). NCES lists RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN as a charter school.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN had 893 students, to 2024-25, when it had 870. The ratio of students to teachers went from 37.2:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- SEASIDE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 511
- MANDARIN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,061
- MANDARIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,118
- LORETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,039
- CROWN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 785
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,343
Frequently asked questions
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARINHow large is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN enrolls approximately 870 students in grades KG-08.
Is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is approximately 15.3:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN?
At RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN, the student body is approximately 57% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN public or private?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT MANDARIN is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.