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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008253
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL
8160 BAYMEADOWS WAY W, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 · (904) 855-8010 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
17.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
439 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 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
73%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
68.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
79.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 71.4% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% 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 16 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 INNOVATION SCHOOL
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL this school | 813 | 54.0% | 70.3% |
| OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,022 | 57.0% | 60.9% |
| CRYSTAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 883 | 55.3% | 43.6% |
| LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 714 | 45.5% | 59.1% |
| DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER K-8 PALM BEACH GARDENS | 565 | 50.4% | 54.4% |
| SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,007 | 55.2% | 52.4% |
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 INNOVATION SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #447 of 2,136 | #16 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #289 of 2,149 ▲ 195 | #13 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #489 of 2,149 ▲ 174 | #16 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #439 of 2,267 | #22 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,612 of 2,077 | #57 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #51 of 2,108 | #14 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #1,133 of 2,188 | #65 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.0% | #57 of 621 | #7 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
813
+245 (+43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 813 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 54% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 807 | N/A | N/A | 51% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 45% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 25 | 22.7:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | N/A | N/A | 54% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 3 | 119.0:1 | 18% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL.
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. Its 813 students are spread across kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
Within DUVAL, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is one of 206 schools. The district enrolls 131,562 students.
White students form the largest group at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL, 34% of enrollment. Other groups make up 33% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 51% of Duval County residents are White. By the diversity index, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL comes in at 73%.
Federal data list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.7:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. The lunch program counts 54% of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is A. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% in Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.3%, against a prediction of 54.1%.
Among Duval County residents, median household income is about $71,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County, which together enroll about 141,209 students.
Of nearby public schools, DUVAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AT BAYMEADOWS is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. Charter status: RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is a public charter school.
The 2020-21 count was 568 students and the 2024-25 count was 813. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.7:1 to 17.7:1.
Discussions about RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- DUVAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AT BAYMEADOWS0.3 mi · 749
- DUVAL CHARTER AT BAYMEADOWS0.3 mi · 1,399
- BEAUCLERC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 694
- KINGS TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 326
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES2.0 mi · 9
- SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,007
Frequently asked questions
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL enrolls approximately 813 students in grades KG-08.
Is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL.
How diverse is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 18% Hispanic, 33% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INNOVATION SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.