SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY

SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY is an elementary campus of intimate scale in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, one of the schools within DUVAL, enrolling 444 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 604.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY records that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Black, 25% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Duval County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,277, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 461 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 36% across the same window.

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