The top reported proficiency rate is 57% in Math. The lowest is 35% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Andrew A. Robinson Elementary School
Andrew A. Robinson Elementary sits on West 12th Street in Jacksonville's urban core, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Duval County district. The school's location places it in one of the older residential sections north of downtown, a neighborhood that is part of Jacksonville's broader story of long-term disinvestment and current redevelopment momentum.
The student body is a majority Black school, with a small number of Hispanic and white students rounding out the enrollment. The school is mid-sized for its grade band. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this among Jacksonville's higher-need elementary schools in terms of economic context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the records provided.
On Florida's FAST assessments, math results tell a mixed story. Third graders scored at a solid level, roughly in the range where most students are reaching proficiency, but results fall off in fourth and fifth grade, where roughly half of students are meeting the proficiency mark. Reading proficiency is a clearer concern: across all three tested grades, fewer than half of students are reading at grade level, and fourth grade results were notably lower, with only about a quarter reaching proficiency. Fifth-grade science landed near the midpoint. These are the most recent results available, and no multi-year trend data was present, so it is not possible to say from this data alone whether scores are rising, holding, or falling. A parent who wants to understand the trajectory would do well to ask the school directly about growth measures and any instructional initiatives aimed at early literacy.
Because the comparison set in Duval County contains too few districts to draw a meaningful position, no peer ranking is offered here. The state assessment figures stand on their own.
Robinson does not serve high school grades, so graduation rate and course access metrics such as AP or dual enrollment do not apply. No information on before- and after-school programs, extended learning time, specialist courses, or enrichment offerings was available in the data provided.
Housing near the school reflects a market that is quite affordable by Florida and national standards. Home values in the surrounding zip code are well below the Florida statewide median and have dipped modestly year over year, while rents have edged up slightly. For a family weighing a purchase, the rent-to-buy calculation in this area is close, with a mortgage estimated to run only modestly above a comparable rent. Jacksonville as a whole is publicly reported as one of the more affordable large-city markets in Florida, and the area around Robinson is among the lower-priced parts of that city.
Jacksonville itself is undergoing real transformation. Downtown, less than two miles from the school, is the site of substantial new residential and commercial development, with projects including a major riverfront mixed-use complex, a Four Seasons, a University of Florida graduate campus in LaVilla, and a Jaguars stadium renovation all advancing simultaneously. The city's major employers span health care, the military, logistics, and financial services. Most of the city is car-dependent, but the downtown area has walkable pockets, a free automated people-mover, and bus connections through the Rosa Parks Transit Station nearby.
The Duval district brief returned no confirmed parent-relevant changes before the research budget was exhausted, so district-level strategic priorities were not available and are left out rather than guessed at.
For families weighing Robinson, the academic picture is honest: math is stronger than reading, and reading results in the middle grades are a real gap worth asking about. The school serves a community with significant economic need, and the neighborhood is part of a city in active transition. Whether that context fits a family's priorities is a question only that family can answer.
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