27 public K-12 schools in Jacksonville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Jacksonville has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Jacksonville's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
Jacksonville's list includes 11 elementary, 5 middle, and 5 high-school campuses, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
The 49-point gap between Onslow Virtual Secondary and Z.E.C.a. School of Arts and Technology shows the range hidden by Jacksonville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Jacksonville school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 1,441 students (highest), a spread of 1,337 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Jacksonville is typically wider than the Jacksonville-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Onslow Virtual Secondary | 60 |
| 2. | Onslow Virtual Elementary | 59 |
| 3. | Carolina Forest Elementary | 50 |
| 4. | Clear View Elementary | 44 |
| 5. | Onslow Early College | 44 |
| 6. | Clyde Erwin Elementary | 43 |
| 7. | Northside High | 40 |
| 8. | New Bridge Middle | 38 |
| 9. | Parkwood Elementary | 37 |
| 10. | Jacksonville High | 36 |
| 11. | Southwest High | 36 |
| 12. | White Oak High | 35 |
| 13. | Hunters Creek Middle | 33 |
| 14. | Southwest Elementary | 32 |
| 15. | Morton Elementary | 32 |
| 16. | Hunters Creek Elementary | 32 |
| 17. | Summersill Elementary | 32 |
| 18. | Blue Creek Elementary | 31 |
| 19. | Northwoods Elementary | 31 |
| 20. | Bell Fork Elementary | 30 |
| 21. | Jacksonville Commons Middle | 29 |
| 22. | Stateside Elementary | 29 |
| 23. | Meadow View Elementary | 29 |
| 24. | Jacksonville Commons Elem | 28 |
| 25. | Northwoods Park Middle | 26 |
| 26. | Southwest Middle | 25 |
| 27. | Z.E.C.a. School of Arts and Technology | 11 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Onslow Virtual Secondary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Jacksonville schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Jacksonville has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,305 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.4:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
