The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in Math. The lowest is 38% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on S. A. Hull Elementary School
S. A. Hull Elementary sits on Hull Street in a residential part of northwest Jacksonville, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a small school by almost any measure, with enrollment well under two hundred students spread across seven grade levels. The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial share of families qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school in a high-need context by conventional measures. Data on English learner and special education populations were not available in what was provided.
The school's academic results come from Florida's FAST assessments and the statewide science exam, with the most recent data from the 2024-25 school year. In math, third graders performed at roughly the midpoint of a proficiency scale statewide, fourth graders came in somewhat above that, and fifth graders fell back near the third-grade level. Reading results show a similar pattern: third graders reached a level comparable to the stronger math grades, fourth graders dipped, and fifth graders posted the school's lowest ELA result. Fifth-grade science tracked alongside fifth-grade ELA. Taken together, the results sit below what Florida would consider a majority of students reaching proficiency in most tested grades and subjects, with fourth-grade math as the relative bright spot. Parents who want to understand what's driving the pattern, and what supports are in place for students who are behind, would do well to ask the school directly, since the data here doesn't explain the causes or the interventions.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it isn't possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. Program offerings were not included in what was provided, so any enrichment, after-school, or specialty programming at Hull would need to be confirmed with the school itself. The district brief for Duval County Public Schools turned up no confirmed parent-relevant changes, so that information was left out rather than speculated on.
The surrounding neighborhood sits in a part of Jacksonville where home values run noticeably below the Florida statewide median and below the national median as well. Rents in the zip code are modest relative to much of the Jacksonville metro. Both values have shown slight softening recently. For families weighing housing costs alongside school access, this part of northwest Jacksonville offers affordability that many other parts of the city and state do not, though it is firmly car-dependent, as most of Jacksonville outside a handful of central neighborhoods is.
Jacksonville itself is a sprawling city in an active period of growth. Publicly reported projections place the metro's population growth at more than twice the national average over the next several years, and downtown is seeing a wave of residential and commercial investment that includes hotel, university, and stadium projects. That investment is concentrated well to the southeast of Hull Street, however, and the northwest neighborhoods where this school is located have a different character from the riverfront districts getting the most attention. Jacksonville's major employers span health care systems, the military, logistics tied to JAXPORT, and financial services, giving the broader economy a diverse base.
A graduation rate does not apply here; Hull serves only elementary grades. No civil rights data or discipline figures were included in the provided data. The neighbor comparison framework found too few comparable entities within Duval County to produce a meaningful ranking, so that positioning was not available.
For a family zoned to Hull or considering it, the picture is of a small, high-poverty neighborhood school in an affordable part of a fast-growing city, with academic results that fall below statewide proficiency benchmarks across most grades and subjects. The school's size means children are likely to know their teachers and peers well. What the data cannot tell you is the quality of individual instruction, the school's culture, or what has changed most recently, and those questions are worth pursuing in person.
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