Pickett Elementary, 840 Reynolds Lane: K-5, 156 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 school’s relocation FAQ, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, and the federal NCES school directory.

Pickett Elementary is the Duval County Public Schools elementary school for kindergarten to grade 5. Since the 2025-26 school year it has been housed on the Reynolds Lane Elementary campus at 840 Reynolds Lane while a new Pickett Elementary is built, according to the school’s relocation FAQ. The campus is inside Jacksonville city limits.

Who to call
Address 840 Reynolds Lane, Jacksonville, FL 32254
Phone 904-693-7555
Grades Kindergarten to grade 5
District Duval County Public Schools
State school number 16-2051

Principal

Principal Charlene James, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 156 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 7 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 22 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 (56% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 C

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: 44%
  • English language arts: 45%
  • Math: 66%
  • Science: 52%

The same file lists 97% 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 new Pickett Elementary, which will consolidate Pickett, Reynolds Lane and Samuel A. Hull elementary schools, is scheduled to open at the start of the 2027-28 school year, according to the school’s relocation FAQ. The district’s 2027-28 boundary layer folds the Reynolds Lane and S.A. Hull zones into Pickett’s.

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 Pickett Elementary serve?

Kindergarten to grade 5. It is a Duval County Public Schools elementary school at 840 Reynolds Lane in Jacksonville.

What is Pickett Elementary’s school grade?

Pickett Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 56% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Which high school does Pickett Elementary feed into?

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

What time does Pickett Elementary start?

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