R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy, 1535 Milnor St.: K-5, 222 students in 2024-25, an A 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.

R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy is the Duval County Public Schools magnet elementary school for kindergarten to grade 5 at 1535 Milnor St. The campus is inside Jacksonville city limits.

Who to call
Address 1535 Milnor St., Jacksonville, FL 32206
Phone 904-630-6570
Grades Kindergarten to grade 5
District Duval County Public Schools
State school number 16-0581

Principal

Principal Kristi Kincaid, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 222 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 15 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 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 A (65% of possible points)
2024-25 B
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: 36%
  • English language arts: 55%
  • Math: 71%
  • Science: 73%

The same file lists 93.6% 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.

Admission

R.L. Brown is a dedicated magnet school: it has no attendance zone, and every student applies. The district’s list of dedicated magnet schools describes its program as gifted and academically talented. Families apply through the district’s magnet lottery, which for the 2026-27 school year ran Dec. 1, 2025, to Jan. 31, 2026; seats left after the lottery are offered through controlled open enrollment. Dedicated magnet schools set academic standards for entry and for staying enrolled, according to the district’s magnet standards page. It absorbed R.V. Daniels Elementary in the 2025-26 school year and kept its magnet status, according to Jacksonville Today.

Changes approved for 2027-28

The School Board voted unanimously on Dec. 1, 2025, to consolidate Long Branch Elementary into R.L. Brown for the 2027-28 school year. R.L. Brown keeps its magnet program and also becomes a neighborhood school, according to Jacksonville Today; the district’s 2027-28 boundary layer gives it a zone covering the current Long Branch area.

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

Programs

The district’s magnet programs list shows two magnet programs here: Academically Talented; Gifted. For the next level, the list names Darnell-Cookman School of Medical Art, James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School, Jean Ribault Middle School and Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School as the continuing programs.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy serve?

Kindergarten to grade 5. It is a Duval County Public Schools magnet elementary school at 1535 Milnor St. in Jacksonville.

What is R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy’s school grade?

R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 65% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025.

What time does R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy start?

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