Duval Charter School at Coastal, Jacksonville FL

Original Research by School Decision on Duval Charter School at Coastal

Duval Charter School at Coastal sits on Beach Boulevard in the Southside area of Jacksonville, a sprawling, car-dependent part of the city well removed from the downtown core. The surrounding area is a suburban commercial zone, part of the broader coastal Jacksonville corridor that has grown steadily as the metro area expands. Jacksonville itself is publicly reported as one of the faster-growing metro areas in the country, and the Southside corridor reflects that growth. Housing near the school carries home values meaningfully above both the Florida state median and the national median, with rents that have edged upward recently. Ownership costs relative to income sit at a moderate level by national standards.

The school is a charter, operating independently within the Duval County public school framework and serving kindergarten through eighth grade. Enrollment is large for a K-8 charter, with students spread fairly evenly across grades from kindergarten through eighth. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse: white students make up the largest share, followed by Hispanic students, then Black students, with a notable Asian population and students of two or more races as well. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that is worth noting because it reflects a genuinely mixed socioeconomic enrollment rather than the demographic profile one might assume from the school's Southside location and the area's housing prices. Data on students receiving special education services and on English learners was not available in the data provided.

On the Florida FAST assessments, the school's proficiency results are mixed. In ELA, performance is relatively consistent across grades three through eight, landing in a moderate range at most grade levels, with the eighth grade showing the strongest results in that subject. Math is more variable: third, fifth, and sixth graders perform at moderate levels, while fourth and seventh graders show weaker results, and eighth grade falls in between. Science proficiency at fifth grade comes in around the moderate range, while eighth-grade science results are notably lower. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to characterize whether performance has been improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent who wants to understand trajectory would want to ask the school directly. Comparison to districts within Duval County was not available because the county contains too few districts for a statistically meaningful ranking at the school level.

The school publicly reports a small set of extracurricular options, including a martial arts club, a soccer club, a cross country club, and a dance club. No information was available on course access, dual-enrollment offerings, or special academic programs beyond what is listed.

Because this is a K-8 school, graduation rate data does not apply here.

The district brief for Duval came back without confirmed parent-relevant changes, so we left that section out rather than speculate.

For a family considering this school, the picture is a large, diverse charter serving a wide age range in a growing, suburban part of Jacksonville. Academic results on state assessments are uneven across subjects and grades rather than uniformly strong or uniformly weak, and the absence of trend data is a real gap. A parent may want to ask the school about what it has done to address the softer math and eighth-grade science results, and about what academic support structures exist for students who are not yet proficient.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 59% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 60% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 54% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 47% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 43% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 47% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 50% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 50% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 654%

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

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

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 47% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 37% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 5 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-income41%Higher-income73%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income54%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income70%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income49%Higher-income62%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income47%Higher-income56%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income51%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income59%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income68%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income37%Higher-income35%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income71%36 pp gap