SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an intimate primary school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 366 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by DUVAL. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

DUVAL comprises 206 schools with combined enrollment of 131,562 students; SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). Other groups include 6% White, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Duval County shows median household income runs about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: JEAN RIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 366). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 87% over that span.

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