RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, overseen by DUVAL, with 813 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 33% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.1%; actual is 70.3%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Duval County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: DUVAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AT BAYMEADOWS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.4%.

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL operates from an urban location. As a public charter, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL has rose 50%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 813 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 34% across the same window.

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