Jacksonville and Duval County Education
Northeast Florida has some of the best schools in the country.
Two were ranked second and third best high schools in the nation by Newsweek magazine in 2003.
Four area schools made the list of “America’s Best High Schools” and Duval County was the only school
district to have two schools ranked in the Top Ten.
There are more than 200,500 students, 11,600 teachers, 8,600 support staff and 291 schools in
the six counties that make up Northeast Florida. All have earned accreditation from the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools. More information on each of the counties’ public schools can be
obtained by phone or from their Web sites. For a comparison of schools and school districts on a variety
of criteria, view Florida School Indicators Reports at the Florida Department of Education’s Web site.
http://www.fldoe.org/
Jacksonville school specifics:
105 Elementary Schools
27 Middle Schools
20 High Schools
16 Private Schools
3 Exceptional Student Centers
5 Alternative Schools
5 Charter Schools. For more specifics on what a Charter schools is and enrollment details etc go to http://www.educationcentral.org/schools/schchart.asp
Higher Education-Colleges and trade Schools
24 in all, teaching everything from Law, Health care to Business.
Two year facilities
Florida Community College
St. Johns River Community College
Lake City Community College
Santa Fe Community College
Four-year facilities
Bethune-Cookman
the University of North Florida
Jacksonville University
Webster University
Jones College
Edward Waters College
University of St. Augustine
In the Entire Northeastern section of the state, there are 90 educational facilities offering over
700 programs.
