RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY is one of the mid-tier senior highs in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, run under DUVAL, with 991 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

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

On the student-mix side, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY logs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 75.8%, a residual of +22.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Duval County) logs that median household income runs about $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.1%.

RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY operates from an urban location. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 942 students in 2018 compared to 991 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 21% to 13%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 942.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.