RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1090 DANCY ST, in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact elementary school that caters to 317 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by DUVAL. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 38% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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 56.4%; RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 70.7%, +14.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 28%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.