Enrollment
153
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048004343
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
1176 LABELLE ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32205 · (904) 695-9995 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
153 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (14).
Student demographics
13%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
10.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -20.4pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.1% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 38.3% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS this school | 153 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| TIGER ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 198 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| BECOMING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 205 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATTAHOOCHEE | 159 | 87.4% | 25.0% |
| ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERRINE | 168 | 86.3% | 37.9% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY MIRAMAR | 167 | 88.0% | 71.2% |
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 WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #2,119 of 2,136 | #119 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #2,138 of 2,149 ▼ 259 | #120 of 122 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #2,149 of 2,149 ▼ 150 | #122 of 122 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #2,155 of 2,267 | #127 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 2,188 | #1 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.3% | #25 of 1,374 | #4 of 80 |
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
153
-56 (-27%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 34.8:1
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 | 153 | 10 | 15.3:1 | 100% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | N/A | N/A | 100% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 142 | 4 | 35.5:1 | 100% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 6 | 34.8:1 | 100% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 1 | 296.0:1 | 92% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | N/A | N/A | 22% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 80% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | N/A | N/A | 55% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
About WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS sits in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 153 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
DUVAL is responsible for 206 schools, WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS included, with 131,562 students in all.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS. That compares with about 29% Black among all Duval County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
There are 10 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Of all students at WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Duval County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is 5.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.2% versus 31.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Duval County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Duval County's 220 public schools enroll about 141,209 students and include WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.8 miles from WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.0% proficiency; WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS posts 25.2%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The school shrank from 209 students in 2020-21 to 153 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 34.8:1 to 15.3:1.
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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
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- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 317
- RAMONA BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 292
- HYDE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 272
- FISHWEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 442
- PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 482
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,638
Frequently asked questions
About WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHow large is WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 153 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS serve?
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is approximately 15.3:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
At WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, the student body is approximately 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.