RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL, educateing 814 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 604.

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that caters to 131,562 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.3%; RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL posts 75.9%, +17.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, Duval County reports that median household income runs about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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