Enrollment
281
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048008436
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER
900 ACORN ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32209 · (904) 630-6900 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
200 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 113 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 27% |
Student demographics
29%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
26.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.5% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 28.6% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
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YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER this school | 281 | 71.2% | 32.5% |
| NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE MIDDLE NORTH LAUDERDALE | 373 | 76.7% | 61.4% |
| CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 411 | 69.8% | 50.7% |
| NORTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 327 | 67.3% | 39.9% |
| YOUNG MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 307 | 75.6% | 42.9% |
| GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 457 | 74.0% | 29.6% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #536 of 560 | #25 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #546 of 560 ▼ 13 | #26 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #552 of 560 ▼ 26 | #22 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #544 of 584 | #25 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #229 of 547 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #503 of 553 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #57 of 565 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.9% | #5 of 379 | #1 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
281
-99 (-26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 281 | 15 | 18.7:1 | 71% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 79% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 16 | 20.8:1 | 79% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 77% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 81% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 81% (407) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER.
About YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER
In JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of Duval County, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is a middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 281 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida, enrollment here is 65% lower.
DUVAL enrolls 131,562 students in 206 schools, including YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER.
Most students at YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER are Black: 84% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 55 points above the 29% share among Duval County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Its teaching staff equals 15 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 71%. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is 13.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.5% actual, 45.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Census estimates describe Duval County this way: median household income is about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Duval County number 220 and enroll about 141,209.
The shortest distance from YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to HOSPITAL AND HOMEBOUND. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 281 was 26% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 380. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.8:1 to 18.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- HOSPITAL AND HOMEBOUND0.2 mi · 94
- SMART POPE LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 405
- THE BRIDGE TO SUCCESS ACADEMY AT W JACKSONVILLE0.6 mi · 220
- JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY0.8 mi · 734
- JOHN E. FORD K-8 SCHOOL1.0 mi · 631
- SUSIE E. TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLERWhat is the total enrollment at YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER?
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 06-08.
Is YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER an elementary, middle, or high school?
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER have?
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
How diverse is YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER?
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER reports a student body of 6% White, 7% Hispanic, 84% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER in?
YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER is part of DUVAL.
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