Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000639
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1090 DANCY ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32205 · (904) 381-7485 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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
18.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
157 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
66%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
76.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 71.9% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 14 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 →
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RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 317 | 49.5% | 70.7% |
| LONE STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 318 | 51.6% | 59.7% |
| ARCHER ELEMENTARY ARCHER | 413 | 50.6% | 57.4% |
| MAMIE AGNES JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 399 | 55.1% | 45.5% |
| W. W. IRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALACHUA | 372 | 58.9% | N/A |
| CHAIRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 466 | 43.8% | 58.5% |
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 RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #435 of 2,136 | #15 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #388 of 2,149 ▲ 83 | #15 of 122 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #525 of 2,149 ▼ 46 | #17 of 122 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #1,954 of 2,267 | #101 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,784 of 2,077 | #75 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #514 of 2,108 | #58 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,319 of 2,188 | #78 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #250 of 1,374 | #21 of 80 |
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
317
-53 (-14%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 50% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 58% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 61% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 65% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 72% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 79% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 73% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 317 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 206 schools that make up DUVAL (131,562 students in total).
White students form the largest group at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 43% of enrollment. Other groups make up 38% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 51% of Duval County residents are White. RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.6:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 157 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 50%. Across public schools in Duval County, the average is about the same, 47%.
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.3 points (70.7% versus 56.4%), a top-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
Duval County census figures show that median household income is about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 220 public schools in Duval County.
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 370 students to 317. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 9% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.