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Duval County Public Schools is the only school district in Florida to increase in "A" schools and decrease in "F" schools for the
2011-12 school year. |
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Eighty-six percent of our schools made A, B
or C grades in 2012
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In 2012,
100% of our Duval County high schools scored A, B or C grades. |
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According to
The Washington Post, Duval County is home to
eight of the nation's top 300 high schools:
Stanton College Prep (7),
Paxon School for Advanced Studies (16),
Mandarin High School (98),
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (135),
Wolfson High School (138),
Robert E. Lee
High School (140),
Baldwin Middle/Senior High School (145) and
Fletcher High School (295). |
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Duval County is home to four of the nation's best high schools according to
Newsweek
Magazine.
Stanton College Prep
(8), Paxon School for
Advanced Studies (23),
Douglas
Anderson School of the Arts (335) and
Mandarin High School (857).
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According to the
Florida Department of Education, Duval County has two high schools that
rank in the top 15 throughout the state - Stanton College Prep ranked 5th and Paxon School
for Advanced Studies ranked 12th. |
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Duval County has two middle schools that
rank in the top 20 throughout the state according to the
Florida Department of Education -
Julia Landon College Prep ranked 11th and James Weldon Johnson ranked 17th. |
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The number of Duval County Public Schools'
students passing AP, IB, and AICE exams
increased more than 20%
in the past five years. |
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An acceleration program
is available in each of our 19 high schools, providing highly motivated students the opportunity to earn college credits while in high school.
The acceleration programs include Advanced International Certificate of
Education (AICE), Advanced Placement (AP) Honors, Advancement via
Individual Determination (AVID), Early College and International
Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). |
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According to the Florida Department of Education, 100% of the Duval County students who enrolled
at the University of North Florida in 2010-11 were considered college-ready
(2011-12 data not yet available). |
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Two Duval County students were among 1,000 students nationwide selected as
Gates Millennium Scholars. Saudia Bardge from Lee High
and Rachel Rogers from Terry Parker High received good-through-graduation scholarships to use at any college or university. This is the second year in a row that two Gates Scholars have been chosen from Duval County Public Schools. |
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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
(DA) was named the 2012 National Grammy Signature School by the Grammy Foundation in Los Angeles, signifying that
DA is the #1 high school music program in the country. |
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Dr. Scott Sowell, AP Environmental and Forensic Science teacher at Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, has been selected as the 2012 Florida Blue
Teacher of the Year. Dr. Sowell was chosen from a group of
five finalists.
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Deborah Kreitzman, a Para Professional at
Timucuan Elementary School, was named the
2012 School Related Employee
of the Year next to three runners up. |
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Grace Wilhelm, a counselor at
Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, was named a semifinalist for the 2012 School Counselor of the Year Award by the American School Counsel Association.
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Duval County Public Schools' business partnerships expanded to 1,356 and 203 faith-based partners in 2011-12.
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In 2011-12, more than 27,500 volunteers logged 589,052 hours of service throughout the Duval school system. More than 4,100 mentors also logged 116,326 hours of mentorship with students in schools for the 2011-12 school year. |
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40 talented Duval County student-athletes signed letters of intent with their college of choice on
National Signing Day. |
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Duval County has 40 established
Career Academies, with
six programs that are nationally certified and three Model
Academies determined by the National Career Academy Coalition. |
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For 10 consecutive years, DCPS has been awarded both the Governmental Finance Officers Association's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and the Association of School Business Officials International's Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting.
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Eight Duval County elementary students were selected to join the 2012 All-State Elementary Chorus. Four of the chosen
students attend
Atlantic Beach Elementary; two attend
Bartram Springs Elementary; one attends
Beauclerc Elementary;
and one attends Chets Creek Elementary. |
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Walker Miller, a sixth-grader from
James Weldon Johnson, was announced
as Duval County's 2012 Spelling Bee Champion. Walker's winning word was
"mechanistic." |
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Duval County Public Schools serves
more than 4,000 students in the
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program which represents
123 countries and approximately 73 different languages in 158 schools.
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Duval County Public Schools has a graduation rate of 67.7%. |
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Duval County's high school dropout rate is 2.9%. |
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The percentage of suspended students has decreased more than 70% over the last three years. |
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Duval County Public Schools is the second largest employer in Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal. |
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Martha Coro, a junior at
Wolfson High School, was selected as the 2012-13 Outstanding Student Volunteer Award
for her 800+ hours of work at Wolfson and
Lone Star Elementary. Malissa
Caraway received the Outstanding Adult Volunteer Award for her 1,700+ hours
of work at Joseph Finegan Elementary.
Doug Stovall, a volunteer at
Mandarin High School, earned runner-up for the
Outstanding Adult Volunteer Award. Ingrid Lee received the Outstanding Senior Volunteer Award for her
1,500+
hours of volunteerism at
LaVilla
School of the Arts. |
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13 Duval County public schools were named
2011-12 Five Star Schools by the Florida Department of Education
for superior parent/community engagement. Congratulations to
Atlantic Beach Elementary,
Bartram
Springs Elementary,
Don
Brewer Elementary,
Enterprise
Learning Academy,
Greenfield Elementary,
Henry Kite
Elementary,
John E.
Ford K-8,
Loretto Elementary,
Neptune Beach Elementary,
Oceanway
Elementary,
San Mateo
Elementary,
Seabreeze Elementary and
Stockton Elementary. |
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Duval County employs 60 teachers through the
Teach for America
program. The program is expanding to include 300 teachers over the next
three years. |
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The district has 430 National Board Certified Teachers, the profession’s highest credential. Thirty-six percent of the teachers have advanced degrees, 35 percent master’s degrees and one percent doctorate degrees. |
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Cassandra Manias, a teacher at
Southside Middle, was selected to receive a
$35,000 grant from School Based Enterprises. The grant will be used to open a school store run by exceptional education students. |
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The Schultz Center for
Teaching and Leadership focuses on teaching, leadership and the
partnership between business and education in Florida. |
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The Teacher Supply
Depot collects donated materials from companies throughout the
Jacksonville area and gives those supplies and materials free to teachers. |
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Duval County Public Schools operates a Dual Language Program in English and Spanish
at Beauclerc and
San Jose elementary schools. |
