Original Research by School Decision on A. Philip Randolph Academies
A. Philip Randolph Academies is a public school in Jacksonville, Florida, operated within the Duval County school district. It sits on Golfair Boulevard in the 32209 zip code, a part of northwest Jacksonville north of downtown, and serves students from grade eight through twelve.
The enrollment is relatively small for a school spanning that grade range. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a community with significant economic need. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
The school's academic picture is thin on evidence here. State testing data was largely suppressed in the dataset, meaning too few students in the tested groups fell within reportable thresholds for the results to be released. That leaves proficiency rates unavailable, and multi-year trend data was not present either. The comparison metrics relative to other districts in Duval County could not be computed for the same reason. A parent wanting to understand academic outcomes in depth would need to ask the school directly for its current state assessment results and any school-level report cards published by the Florida Department of Education.
No program information was provided. Whether the school offers Advanced Placement, career and technical education, dual enrollment, or specialized pathways is not captured in the data, so that cannot be characterized here. The school's name references Philip Randolph's legacy in labor and civil rights, and publicly reported information suggests the school has historically carried a career and technical focus, though the current program structure would need to be confirmed with the school itself.
The graduation rate was not available in the data, which is a meaningful gap for a school serving grades through twelfth. A parent should ask the school or the district about its four-year graduation outcomes before drawing conclusions.
On housing, the zip code carrying this school has home values that sit well below both the Florida state median and the national median, and the year-over-year trend has moved downward. Rents, by contrast, have edged upward. The gap between renting and buying in this area is relatively narrow compared to much of the state. For a family weighing where to live in relation to this school, the neighborhood offers lower-cost entry into a city that is otherwise expanding and attracting investment, though the immediate area around Golfair Boulevard is not among the zones seeing the large-scale downtown or Southbank redevelopment Jacksonville is publicly reporting elsewhere.
Jacksonville itself is a sprawling, largely car-dependent city with a major hospital and health-care employment base, a growing logistics and distribution sector tied to JAXPORT, and a downtown undergoing substantial residential and commercial construction. Most of that activity is concentrated in the urban core, which sits a short distance from this school's address but is a distinct environment from the northwest residential neighborhoods the school draws from.
District-level context on Duval County's strategic priorities, recent policy changes, or new programs was not confirmed before the research budget for that section was exhausted, so that has been left out rather than assumed.
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