Anchor Academy, 555 Wonderwood Drive: pre-K-5, 289 students in 2024-25, a B in Florida's 2026 school grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Duval County Public Schools’ school locator map, school hours page and calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, and the federal NCES school directory.

Anchor Academy is the Duval County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 555 Wonderwood Drive. Its mailing address is Atlantic Beach, but the campus is inside Jacksonville city limits, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder.

Who to call
Address 555 Wonderwood Drive, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Phone 904-247-5996
Grades Pre-K to grade 5
District Duval County Public Schools
State school number 16-2471

Principal

Principal Jennifer Beale, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 289 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 15 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation. The file sets an A for elementary schools at 62% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (60% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 B

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 76%
  • English language arts: 68%
  • Math: 60%
  • Science: 79%

The same file lists 15.1% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s school locator map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 attendance zone maps (shares are of each zone’s area, not of students):

Changes the School Board has approved

The School Board voted Dec. 1, 2025, to consolidate Anchor Academy into Mayport Elementary for the 2028-29 school year, a year later than first proposed. Board members said the delay leaves time to seek a U.S. Department of Defense grant that could instead pay for a new building, according to Jacksonville Today and News4Jax.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school hours, the standard schedule for district elementary schools.

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (employee planning day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: schools closed for Veterans Day
  • Nov. 23-27: schools closed for Thanksgiving week
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break
  • Monday, Jan. 4, 2027: employee planning day, no school for students
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: schools closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • March 15-19, 2027: schools closed for spring break week
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day of school

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Anchor Academy serve?

Pre-K to grade 5. It is a Duval County Public Schools elementary school at 555 Wonderwood Drive in Atlantic Beach.

What is Anchor Academy’s school grade?

Anchor Academy earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 60% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.

Which high school does Anchor Academy feed into?

Its whole attendance zone is zoned for Duncan U. Fletcher High, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.

What time does Anchor Academy start?

Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school hours.