📍 7050 Melvin Rd, Jacksonville, Duval County, 32210
Charger Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Duval County. The school has 961 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Duval school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.3:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Charger Academy enrolls 961 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 21% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 539 | 56% |
| White | 199 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
680 of the school's 961 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 680 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Charger Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-40, state senate district 6, state house district 14.
Charger Academy is one of 209 schools in DUVAL, based in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The district serves 130,054 students district-wide and employs 7,048 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 961 students, Charger Academy is larger than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large