Duval County Public Schools has eliminated 110 teacher positions, including vacancies, and is reassigning some educators to other campuses after enrollment shifts triggered a legally required reallocation of staff just weeks into the new school year. The cuts touch most schools and every grade level, as the district redistributes teaching slots from campuses with declining enrollment to those seeing growth.
The district notified parents, guardians, and affected teachers about the position eliminations, according to Action News Jax. Duval County Public Schools said the reallocation process, which assesses enrollment roughly two weeks into the school year, is required by law and helps allocate resources and staff efficiently based on student needs. The district says it will provide support to teachers whose positions were cut, and that those educators may be reassigned to other positions elsewhere in the district based on enrollment shifts and overall staffing needs.
This is not the first round of reallocations under this system. The district reallocated 115 teacher positions in 2025, the outlet’s report notes, showing the staffing shuffle has become a near-annual feature of the district’s post-enrollment-count adjustments.
Enrollment Falls Below 100,000 for the First Time
The staffing cuts land against a stark backdrop: enrollment in Duval County’s traditional public schools has dropped below 100,000 students for the first time in modern history, a 16% decline over the past decade, according to WGCU News. Over the same period, state voucher usage in the county grew from roughly 3,000 students in 2015 to nearly 29,000 today, the station reports…