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What's the one class at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL every student should take?
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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008964
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL
2002 SAN PABLO RD S, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32224 · (904) 855-8010 · Duval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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
17.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
372 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 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (110).
Student demographics
67%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
74.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 79.9% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% 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 18 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 INTRACOASTAL
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL this school | 814 | 45.7% | 75.9% |
| MEADOWLANE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 779 | 44.2% | 61.6% |
| VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 783 | 41.4% | 71.8% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 773 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 704 | 49.3% | 64.9% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
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 INTRACOASTAL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #279 of 2,136 | #10 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #186 of 2,149 ▲ 43 | #9 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #288 of 2,149 ▲ 153 | #9 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #436 of 2,267 | #21 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,621 of 2,077 | #59 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #392 of 2,108 | #47 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #1,427 of 2,188 | #89 of 127 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 814 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 46% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | N/A | N/A | 45% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 40% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL.
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is a medium-sized elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, under DUVAL. Enrollment is 814 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 35% larger than average.
The 206 schools in DUVAL enroll 131,562 students altogether, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL among them.
Roughly 50% of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL are White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.7:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 46%. For comparison, public schools in Duval County average 47%.
The allk12 Grade for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is A. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is +17.6 points, in the top 10% of Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.9%, and the predicted rate is 58.3%.
In Duval County (population about 1,023,153), 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.
ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL. On state test proficiency, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is a publicly funded charter school.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 802
- ABESS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 509
- AMIKIDS JACKSONVILLE2.0 mi · 23
- KERNAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 676
- NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 803
- KERNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTALHow large is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL enrolls approximately 814 students in grades KG-08.
Is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL have?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL?
At RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL public or private?
RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL 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.