The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Math. The lowest is 26% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Reynolds Lane Elementary School
Reynolds Lane Elementary sits on the west side of Jacksonville, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as a small neighborhood public school within Duval County Public Schools. The enrollment is quite small for an elementary school, and the community it draws from is economically pressed: a large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with meaningful Hispanic and white populations and small numbers of other groups. Data on English learner and special education populations were not available in what was provided.
The academic picture here is one that parents should look at carefully and, where possible, follow up directly with the school. Florida reports FAST assessment results by grade, and across third through fifth grade in both math and ELA, proficiency rates at Reynolds Lane fall well below state norms. In math, third grade is the strongest point, with roughly two in five students reaching proficiency, but that share drops sharply through fourth and especially fifth grade, where only a small fraction of students tested proficient. The ELA pattern is similar: third grade shows the highest reading proficiency, around half of students, but fourth and fifth grade results drop to very low levels. The fifth-grade science assessment, the only science result reported, also came in at a low rate. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether scores have been improving, holding, or declining. A parent who wants to understand what the school is doing to address these gaps would be well served by asking directly about instructional supports, reading intervention programs, and how the school tracks individual student progress.
Program details were not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to describe enrichment offerings, after-school programs, or any specialty pathways. A graduation rate does not apply here, as the school ends at fifth grade.
The neighborhood sits within a zip code where home values are considerably below both the Florida state median and the national median, and where recent price trends have moved downward year over year. Rents in the area remain modest by Jacksonville standards, and the rent-to-buy calculation in this zip code runs fairly close, making the neighborhood accessible to a range of family situations. Mortgage affordability at current rates is meaningfully better here than in most of the state, which matters for families weighing where to put down roots.
Jacksonville itself is a large, sprawling city with a downtown undergoing a real transformation, publicly reported to be one of the faster-growing metro areas in the country. Baptist Health, Amazon, the military presence at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and a cluster of health systems and financial services firms anchor the employment base. Outside downtown and a handful of walkable neighborhoods like Riverside and San Marco, the city is car-dependent, and Reynolds Lane's west-side location fits that pattern. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority runs buses and the downtown Skyway, but most families in this part of the city navigate by car.
For Duval County district-level changes that might bear on Reynolds Lane, the research did not turn up confirmed recent strategic priorities or operational shifts, so that was left out rather than estimated.
Reynolds Lane is a small neighborhood school in a modest, economically stressed community where academic proficiency results are currently low across the grades tested. Families considering it will want to visit, ask about reading and math intervention structures, and understand what additional supports are in place for students who are behind grade level.
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