# PAXON SCHOOL/ADVANCED STUDIES *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `120048000671` - **School name**: PAXON SCHOOL/ADVANCED STUDIES - **Location**: JACKSONVILLE, FL 32254 - **Address**: 3239 NORMAN E THAGARD BLVD - **District**: DUVAL (LEAID `1200480`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 30.34513, -81.72398 - **Phone**: (904)693-7583 - **Wikidata QID**: Q14686354 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxon_School_for_Advanced_Studies - **Founded**: 1954 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,278 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 61 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 21.0:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 27.2% ## State accountability rating - **System**: FL School Grade - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: A - **Indicators**: - overall: A ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 82.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 99.0% - **2021**: 97.0% (cohort of 286) ## SAT/ACT participation (2020) - **SAT/ACT takers**: 570 ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 8.9% (123 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 9.5% (122 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.2% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 9.3% - **Black/African American**: 8.4% - **Asian**: 47.1% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 30.3% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.2% - **Two or more races**: 4.6% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 29.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 2.9% — 37 students - **English Learners**: 0.5% — 6 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 10 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 9 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students - **Autism**: 4 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 3 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 2 students - **Visual Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $9,000 - **Federal share**: $957 - **State + local share**: $8,044 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,451,321 - **Federal share**: 19.8% - **State share**: 39.3% - **Local share**: 40.9% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,104,841 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $47,734 - **Poverty rate**: 17.6% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 12.1% - **Unemployment**: 14.3% - **Median gross rent**: $1,094 - **Foreign-born residents**: 1.9% - **Single-parent households**: 21.9% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 1.8 miles (PICKETTVILLE ROAD LANDFILL) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 12 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 72 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.17 miles (2481 DENNIS STREET) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: JEA MAJOR GRID - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2024-11-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.74166 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 5.3 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### ela proficiency - **STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY** — 3.1 mi away, 94% (this school: 85%) - **JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 6.0 mi away, 90.5% (this school: 85%) - **SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL** — 9.2 mi away, 89% (this school: 85%) - **ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 12.0 mi away, 93.5% (this school: 85%) ### graduation rate - **STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY** — 3.1 mi away, 100% (this school: 99%) - **DARNELL COOKMAN MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL** — 3.5 mi away, 100% (this school: 99%) - **ANDREW JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL** — 4.3 mi away, 100% (this school: 99%) - **DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS** — 6.0 mi away, 100% (this school: 99%) - **SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL** — 9.2 mi away, 100% (this school: 99%) ### math proficiency - **JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 0.2 mi away, 83% (this school: 60%) - **PICKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.3 mi away, 74% (this school: 60%) - **RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.5 mi away, 63% (this school: 60%) - **CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.6 mi away, 75% (this school: 60%) - **RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.6 mi away, 80% (this school: 60%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville - **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/performance - **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/context - **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/paxon-school-advanced-studies-jacksonville/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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