Waverly Academy, Jacksonville FL

Original Research by School Decision on Waverly Academy

Waverly Academy was a charter middle school operating on Wesconnett Boulevard in Jacksonville's westside, serving grades six through eight within the Duval County Public Schools system. The school is now closed, so any family researching it as a current option should know it is no longer in operation.

The most recent state assessment data on record comes from the 2021-22 school year, when Florida used the FSA to measure student proficiency. In sixth grade, roughly half of students tested reached proficiency in both math and reading, results that were at least competitive with what one might expect from a small school still finding its footing. By eighth grade, those numbers had dropped considerably in both subjects, with math proficiency well under half and reading proficiency under a quarter of tested students. Eighth-grade science results from the Statewide Science Assessment followed a similar pattern, with fewer than a third of students reaching proficiency. These are the only academic performance data available, and there is no multi-year trend data that would show whether scores were improving, declining, or stable. Enrollment, demographic, and free-and-reduced-price-lunch data were not reported in the records available here, so the makeup and economic character of the student body cannot be described. No program offerings, staffing details, or graduation-related data exist, the last being expected for a middle school that did not include high school grades.

Because the school is closed, the housing and community context matters primarily for families who remain in the area and are weighing other options. The school sat in a residential part of Jacksonville's westside, in a zip code where home values run meaningfully below the Florida state median and also below the national median, making the surrounding neighborhood relatively accessible from an affordability standpoint. Rents in the area have edged upward year over year. Jacksonville itself is a large, sprawling city, and the westside sits at some distance from the walkable downtown districts along the St. Johns River, the historic neighborhoods of Riverside and Avondale, and the major employer clusters tied to health care, logistics, and the military. Getting around the area is largely car-dependent.

No information about why Waverly Academy closed was available in the data provided, and no district-level strategic context about Duval's charter school landscape or successor programs was found. A parent whose child was enrolled, or who lives nearby and is exploring middle school options, would want to contact Duval County Public Schools directly to understand what charter or traditional public school pathways are available in the westside attendance zone.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 47% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 43% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 47% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 49% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 48% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 47% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median

Science

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 37% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state 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 7Lower-income67%Higher-income15%51 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income54%Higher-income50%4 pp gap