Original Research by School Decision on Duval Virtual Academy Franchise
Duval Virtual Academy Franchise is a public, non-charter school operated by the Duval County school district, serving grades six through twelve in Jacksonville, Florida. It is classified as a regular public school, though its name signals something worth understanding at the outset: this is a virtual or online delivery model, which shapes nearly everything about what the experience looks like for a student and family.
Enrollment data in the records shows every grade at zero, and demographic counts are similarly absent. This is not unusual for a virtual school, where the concept of a physical student body that can be counted at a single address may not map cleanly onto how the school is administered or reported. A parent would be well-served by contacting the school directly or reaching the Duval district office to understand current enrollment, how instruction is delivered, and what the day-to-day structure looks like.
State assessment results were present in the data for both math and English language arts across sixth and seventh grade, as well as science at fifth and eighth grade, but every result carries a suppressed status. This typically happens when the group being tested is small enough that the state withholds the figures to protect student privacy. It means no proficiency picture can be drawn from what was reported, and comparison against other Duval County districts is not possible on academic grounds. A parent who wants to understand how students at this school perform should ask the school directly what outcome data it can share.
No graduation rate was reported, no chronic absenteeism data, no information on programs, course access, staffing ratios, or special education services. Whether these absences reflect the virtual nature of the school, reporting gaps, or something else, the data does not say. A parent with a student who has an IEP, who is an English learner, or who needs specific academic supports should treat these as open questions to raise with the school.
The school's address is on Powers Avenue in Jacksonville, which sits in a city that is among the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, publicly reported to be growing at more than twice the national average through the late 2020s. Jacksonville is large and predominantly car-dependent, with walkable pockets in Riverside, San Marco, and downtown, and a major employment base anchored by health care systems, Amazon's logistics footprint, the military, and a growing financial services sector. For a virtual school, the city's geography matters less in the conventional sense, though the local economy and community context still shape the households these students come from.
Housing in the zip code around the school is moderately priced relative to the state as a whole, running somewhat below Florida's overall median home value, with rents that sit at a similarly accessible level. The city has been named a national housing hot spot, and downtown Jacksonville in particular is seeing a wave of new residential construction alongside major investments including a hotel, a university graduate campus, and a stadium renovation.
As for the Duval district more broadly, a search for recent parent-relevant policy or program changes returned nothing confirmed before the research budget was exhausted, so that context was left out.
The honest bottom line here is that this school profile carries very little usable data. What exists points to a virtual or online school within the Duval public system, with suppressed academic results and absent enrollment figures. Families who are drawn to a flexible, online pathway for middle or high school should go directly to the school with specific questions about instruction format, teacher availability, academic supports, and graduation outcomes.
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