SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL

SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, run under DUVAL, with 1,007 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.8%; actual is 89.1%, +14.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Duval County shows median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

KINGS TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 28% since 2018, when it stood at 787 (now 1,007). Over the same period, the White share grew from 19% to 66%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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