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Enrollment
937
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000678
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5805 SAINT AUGUSTINE RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207 · (904) 739-5260 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL937 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
548 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 41 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 48.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 937 | 58.5% | 39.4% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 489 | 60.9% | 37.6% |
| SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINELLAS PARK | 564 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT COASTAL JACKSONVILLE | 1,082 | 66.3% | 53.9% |
| GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 570 | 52.3% | 47.2% |
| KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 741 | 45.2% | 63.2% |
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 SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #1,841 of 2,136 | #82 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,315 of 2,149 ▲ 145 | #62 of 122 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #2,023 of 2,149 ▲ 44 | #102 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 937 | #256 of 2,267 | #12 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,800 of 2,077 | #78 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #80 of 2,108 | #20 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #964 of 2,188 | #51 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #205 of 621 | #13 of 33 |
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
937
+162 (+21%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 937 | 50 | 18.7:1 | 58% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 63% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 63% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 68% (526) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 76% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 75% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 77% (605) |
| 2000-01 | 885 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 78% (691) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 33 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, in Duval County. The school had 937 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
DUVAL oversees SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 205 other schools, with 131,562 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 43%. Enrollment also includes 20% White, 18% Black, 14% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Duval County, the Hispanic share is about 12%. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 50 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.7:1. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 58% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Duval County average 47%.
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.4% and a predicted 51.9%.
Census estimates describe Duval County this way: the median household income is $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Duval County has 220 public schools and roughly 141,209 students.
The shortest distance from SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to ALFRED I. DUPONT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school enrolled 937 students in 2024-25, 162 more than the 775 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.2:1 to 18.7:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other San Jose Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named San Jose Elementary. SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDUNEDIN, FL · 336 students
- San Jose ElementaryPomona, CA · 511 students
Nearby schools
- ALFRED I. DUPONT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 579
- PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 431
- ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 418
- SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,007
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,896
- KINGS TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 937 students in grades PK-05.
Is SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 43% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.