SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable K-5 school, overseen by DUVAL. It enrolls 937 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that serves 131,562 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 20% White, 18% Black, 14% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Duval County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of -12.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household earnings sit near $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALFRED I. DUPONT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 19%, going from 787 students in 2018 to 937 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 26% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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