Woodland Acres Elementary School, Jacksonville FL

Original Research by School Decision on Woodland Acres Elementary School

Woodland Acres Elementary sits on the north side of Jacksonville, a city that spans a sprawling geography of suburban neighborhoods, an active downtown riverfront, and one of the South's larger public school districts. The school serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment places it in a range typical for a neighborhood elementary in a large urban district.

The student body is racially diverse. Black students make up the largest share, followed by Hispanic students and white students, with smaller Asian and multiracial populations. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells a parent that economic need is a defining context here. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available in what was provided.

State assessment results from Florida's FAST exams are the clearest academic signal available, and they give parents reason to look further into what the school is doing to address skill gaps. In math, third graders test at roughly the midpoint of proficiency, but results fall off steadily by fifth grade, where fewer than a third of students reached the proficient mark. Reading results across grades three through five run well below that, with fourth grade ELA particularly low. Fifth-grade science sits closer to the middle, somewhat stronger relative to the ELA picture. None of these figures approach what would be described as strong performance against Florida state norms, and a parent considering Woodland Acres would be well served by asking the school directly about its instructional support structures, intervention programs, and how it tracks student progress over time. Multi-year trend data was not available, so whether results are improving, flat, or declining cannot be determined from this data.

A comparison of Woodland Acres against other Duval County districts was attempted, but the county has too few districts in the comparison set to produce a meaningful relative ranking, so that positioning is not reported here.

Program and course access details were not available. Civil rights data was also absent from what was provided. The school is a standard public school, not a charter or magnet, so it draws from its assigned attendance zone rather than through selective enrollment.

Jacksonville itself is worth understanding as context. The city is one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, publicly reported sources note, with a downtown undergoing visible transformation through hotel, residential, and university development along the St. Johns River. The neighborhood around Woodland Acres on the north side is removed from those downtown investments; Jacksonville's scale means that growth concentrated in one district does not automatically reach residential schools on the city's edges. The housing market in the school's zip code shows home values modestly below both the Florida and national medians, with rents that have held relatively steady. The price-to-income ratio sits at a level that suggests the area remains somewhat accessible compared to broader national housing pressures, which may matter for families considering stability and affordability together.

The Duval County school district research did not turn up confirmed parent-relevant changes or announced strategic priorities in time to be included here, so district-level context beyond the school's own data is thin.

For a family zoned to Woodland Acres, the academic picture warrants direct conversation with school leadership. The proficiency gaps, especially in reading, are real and worth understanding in terms of what support is available for children who arrive at grade level and for those who may need additional help.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 59% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 60% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 54% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 50% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 50% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 52% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolDUVAL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income30%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income21%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income15%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income55%Higher-income46%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income53%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income34%Higher-income22%12 pp gap