SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary-level community in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, operated by DUVAL. The school works with 489 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 15% White, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 37.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Duval County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Duval County runs 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), of which SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.5%.

SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 4%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 30% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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