Original Research by School Decision on Lone Star High School
Lone Star High School is a charter alternative high school in Jacksonville, serving students in grades nine through twelve at an address on Lone Star Road in the 32211 zip code. Its classification as an alternative school shapes almost everything a parent should know about how to read the available data.
State assessment results and a four-year graduation rate are absent from the data for this school. That gap is common for alternative schools, which often serve students outside the conditions assumed by standard accountability metrics, such as students who have experienced interruptions in their schooling or who are working toward a diploma on a non-traditional timeline. The missing figures are not a signal of weak performance; they reflect the nature of this type of setting. A parent who wants to understand how students fare academically here would need to ask the school directly about outcomes, credit recovery practices, and diploma pathways.
Enrollment is small for a four-year high school, with students distributed across all four grade levels. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, placing the school in a high-poverty context. The student body is predominantly Black, with Hispanic students making up a meaningful share and smaller representations of white and multiracial students. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in the records provided.
The only program information in the data is a course catalog. No AP courses, dual enrollment, career pathways, or specialized program offerings appeared in what was available. A parent interested in a particular academic or career track should visit the school's website or contact the school directly, because the catalog itself was not provided in enough detail to characterize the curriculum here.
Jacksonville itself is a large and sprawling city, and Lone Star Road sits in a part of town well east of downtown. The city is publicly reported as one of the faster-growing metro areas in the country, with significant downtown development underway, including new residential construction, a stadium renovation, a planned university graduate campus, and major health care investment. The metro's major employers span health care systems, Amazon's logistics footprint, the military, Duval County Public Schools, and a growing financial services and fintech sector. For practical daily life, Jacksonville is largely car-dependent outside a few walkable districts, so access to a school on Lone Star Road would typically require a vehicle.
Housing near the school's zip code sits below both the Florida statewide median and the national median, according to current Zillow data, and home values in that area have seen a slight year-over-year softening. Rents have held relatively flat. The price-to-income ratio is moderate by national standards, making this part of Jacksonville comparatively accessible for buyers and renters, though affordability ultimately depends on individual circumstances.
The parent district, Duval County Public Schools, is one of Florida's largest school districts. The research for this brief did not surface confirmed recent parent-relevant changes at the district level, so that section was left out rather than filled with speculation.
Lone Star High School fits a specific need: it is a small, charter-run alternative setting designed for high school students whose paths have not aligned with a traditional school environment. For a student who needs that kind of setting, the small scale and alternative structure may be exactly right. What this school is not designed to be is a comprehensive high school with a full range of advanced coursework and extracurriculars. A parent weighing this option should ask the school directly what a student's day looks like, what the graduation process involves, and what support is available for students who arrive behind in credits.
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