Long Branch Elementary, 3723 Franklin St.: K-5, 303 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, Jacksonville Today’s report on the Dec. 1, 2025, board vote, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, and the federal NCES school directory.

Long Branch Elementary is the Duval County Public Schools elementary school for kindergarten to grade 5 at 3723 Franklin St. The campus is inside Jacksonville city limits.

Who to call
Address 3723 Franklin St., Jacksonville, FL 32206
Phone 904-630-6620
Grades Kindergarten to grade 5
District Duval County Public Schools
State school number 16-1061

Principal

Principal Wayman Graham, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 303 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 19 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 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 (57% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 D

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: 25%
  • English language arts: 33%
  • Math: 46%
  • Science: 72%

The same file lists 100% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged and the school as a Title I school, which receives federal aid for schools serving low-income families.

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 approved for 2027-28

The School Board voted unanimously on Dec. 1, 2025, to close Long Branch Elementary and consolidate it into R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy for the 2027-28 school year, a year later than the superintendent first proposed, according to Jacksonville Today. The district’s 2027-28 boundary layer has no Long Branch zone; the area is zoned for R.L. Brown. R.L. Brown keeps its magnet program and also becomes a neighborhood school.

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 Long Branch Elementary serve?

Kindergarten to grade 5. It is a Duval County Public Schools elementary school at 3723 Franklin St. in Jacksonville.

What is Long Branch Elementary’s school grade?

Long Branch Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 57% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025.

Which high school does Long Branch Elementary feed into?

Most of its attendance zone is zoned for William M. Raines High; part is zoned for Jean Ribault High, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.

What time does Long Branch Elementary start?

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