RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY

Set in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary school, run under DUVAL. It serves 579 students across grades K through 5.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Duval County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.3%; actual is 79.1%, +26.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Duval County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVER CITY SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY has grew 25%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 54% to 41%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 464.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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