Jacksonville High Schools (Englewood, Parker, Baldwin: magnet schools, college, best)

[neesy]

Someone posted a question about which Middle and Elementary schools to stay away from in the Jacksonville area. Which high schools would you suggest a new resident stay away from?



Anderson, Douglas School of the Arts
Baldwin
Englewood
First Coast
Fletcher, Duncan
Forrest, Nathan B.
Jackson, Andrew
Lee, Robert E.
Mandarin
Parker, Terry
Paxon School For Advanced Studies
Peterson, Frank H. Academies of Technology
Raines, William M.
Randolph, A. Philip Academies of Technology
Ribault, Jean
Sandalwood
Stanton College Preparatory School
White, Edward H.
Wolfson, Samuel W.

[apanda]

I placed the ones I consider to be poor in bold, I am not sure of all of them and this is just my opinion.

You can always get the facts here: Duval County Public Schools: Teaching. Learning. Achieving.

Originally Posted by neesy

Someone posted a question about which Middle and Elementary schools to stay away from in the Jacksonville area. Which high schools would you suggest a new resident stay away from?



Anderson, Douglas School of the Arts
Baldwin
Englewood
First Coast
Fletcher, Duncan
Forrest, Nathan B.
Jackson, Andrew
Lee, Robert E.
Mandarin
Parker, Terry
Paxon School For Advanced Studies
Peterson, Frank H. Academies of Technology
Raines, William M.
Randolph, A. Philip Academies of Technology
Ribault, Jean
Sandalwood
Stanton College Preparatory School
White, Edward H.
Wolfson, Samuel W.

[cellson]

I thiunk it would be easier to tell you which high schools you should look into and avoid the others. If I had it to do again I would INSIST that all my children attend either Stanton, Paxon or Douglas Anderson. However, these are magnet schools and for Paxon and Stanton you have to be an academic star and either gain entry by the lottery system or by being accepted into the International Baccalaureate program. Douglas Anderson, (DA), is the arts magnet school and the students audition for entry. DA is known now only for it's fantastic atrs program, but also for its academic excellence as well. Good luck.

[DavidSKi]

If you want your child to have an super artistic experence, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts is the best in the SE USA

[JagFan27]

Originally Posted by neesy

Someone posted a question about which Middle and Elementary schools to stay away from in the Jacksonville area. Which high schools would you suggest a new resident stay away from?



Anderson, Douglas School of the Arts
Baldwin
Englewood
First Coast
Fletcher, Duncan
Forrest, Nathan B.
Jackson, Andrew
Lee, Robert E.
Mandarin
Parker, Terry
Paxon School For Advanced Studies
Peterson, Frank H. Academies of Technology
Raines, William M.
Randolph, A. Philip Academies of Technology
Ribault, Jean
Sandalwood
Stanton College Preparatory School
White, Edward H.
Wolfson, Samuel W.

You need to add Darnell-Cookman to this list. Next year Darnell is adding a ninth grade class.

[WindstarrX]

The school grades came out not that long ago, I actually think there's a post about them. Almost every hs in duval failed D/F. The one's that didn't were Stanton (A), Paxon (A), Douglas Anderson (A), Mandarin (B), Wolfson (C) and Fletcher (A). That's 6 out of 21, and the first 3 are for the most part hard to get into, as they're selective high schools. Darnell-Cookman isn't listed (though it was an A middle school this year), but it is also selective.