YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER

YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER operates as a tiny middle-grades school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 281 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

In the broader community, Duval County reports that median household income runs about $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HOSPITAL AND HOMEBOUND, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER's enrollment has declined 46% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 281). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.