SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 520 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within DUVAL, which oversees 206 schools and 131,562 students, SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 60.8%.

In the broader community, Duval County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).

The closest other public school is OCEANWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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