Duval County’s third grade literacy rate may have risen in the recently completed academic year, yet recently released data from the Florida Department of Education shows the district continues to lag behind its urban peers on the peninsula.
The 51% of third grade students who scored a Level 3 or higher on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking in the 2024-25 academic year is the district’s best since 2021.
As has historically been the case in Jacksonville, most of the schools where less than a third of students earned a Level 3 or above on the five-tiered grading system are in under-resourced ZIP codes. These schools also have a higher percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which for a four-person family in the 2024-25 academic year meant a household that earned less than $57,720 in income.
More data, more insight
Progress monitoring data from the Florida Department of Education has given more information to help parents, caregivers and communities…