Global Outreach Charter Academy, Jacksonville FL

Original Research by School Decision on Global Outreach Charter Academy

Global Outreach Charter Academy is a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade charter school located on Lone Star Road in Jacksonville's 32211 zip code, operating under the Duval County public school system. It serves a large student body for a K-8 charter, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across all nine grade levels. The school draws a predominantly Hispanic student population, with White and Black students each representing smaller but meaningful shares, and a majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding community.

On Florida's state assessments, the picture is uneven and, in several grades, points to real academic gaps a parent should weigh carefully. In reading and language arts, proficiency rates in the elementary grades are low, and they improve only modestly by seventh and eighth grade, where results are somewhat stronger but still well below where most families would hope. Math tells a similar story, with scores in the lower elementary grades sitting in a range that indicates most students are not yet at grade-level mastery. The sharpest concern is in sixth and eighth grade math, where proficiency drops to a very low level. The middle grades generally show more variation than the elementary years, with seventh grade math standing out as a relative high point. Science proficiency at fifth and eighth grade is also below midpoint. Trend data is not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether results are improving, holding, or declining. A parent considering this school for a child who is already behind grade level, or for one entering middle school, may want to ask the school directly what academic support structures are in place and what the school's own accountability data shows over time.

IEP rates and English learner rates were not reported in the data provided, so how the school supports students with disabilities or those acquiring English is a gap worth raising with the school directly.

No information on program offerings, course access, extracurriculars, or discipline data was available in the data provided, which limits what can be said about the school's day-to-day environment and what students experience beyond assessed academics. The school's charter designation means families chose this option actively, and the school operates with some autonomy from the standard district model, though it remains part of the Duval County public school structure.

On the community side, the school sits within Jacksonville, a large and rapidly growing city whose metro area is publicly reported to be expanding at more than twice the national average. Housing near the school's zip code is priced noticeably below the Florida statewide median and roughly in line with the national median, making the area relatively accessible by Florida standards. Rents have been essentially flat over the past year, and for buyers, the price-to-income ratio is more manageable than in many Florida markets. The broader city has seen major downtown investment, new residential construction, and significant employer anchors in health care, logistics, and financial services, giving the region a solid economic base. Jacksonville is largely car-dependent outside its walkable urban pockets, and the school's Lone Star Road location is in a suburban residential part of the east side of the city, not near downtown.

District-level information on strategic priorities or recent changes within Duval County Public Schools was searched for but could not be confirmed, so that piece of context is left out here rather than guessed.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 59% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 60% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 54% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 618%

School 18% · District 47% · ▼ 29 pts below district

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

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 43% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 47% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 51% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 424%

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

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

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 50% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 49% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 48% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 47% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 52% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 37% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above 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-income23%Higher-income31%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income29%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income28%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income33%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income46%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income44%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income41%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income33%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income44%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income9%Higher-income29%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income60%Higher-income52%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income24%Higher-income10%14 pp gap