S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a rural-scale elementary-level community in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 188 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by DUVAL. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that hosts 131,562 students overall.

Looking at the student body, S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Duval County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. S. A. HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 188). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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