Duval schools broke ground on a new Spring Park Elementary for about 946 students and a $12.3 million Loretto addition that removes 13 portables.
Duval County Public Schools has broken ground on a new Spring Park Elementary School. The $36.6 million school is scheduled to open in August 2027 and will replace the original campus at 2250 Spring Park Road.
The district also broke ground on a classroom addition at Loretto Elementary School and opened a new automotive lab at Terry Parker High School. It announced all three projects in a district news post Wednesday.
The new Spring Park Elementary
The new school will serve pre-K to grade 5. The district said it will include:
- traditional classrooms
- early learning classrooms
- specialized learning spaces
- a new city park next to the campus
The district gives its capacity as about 946 students. The school had 489 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the federal NCES school directory. Invision Architecture designed it, and STG Contracting Group is the contractor.
Our Spring Park Elementary page has the school’s zone, hours, magnet program and state grades.
Loretto Elementary gets 13 portables replaced
The addition at Loretto Elementary, 3900 Loretto Road, is expected to be finished in 2028. The district said it will include primary and intermediate classrooms, a music classroom and a teacher planning room.
The project will remove 13 portable classrooms from the campus. It will also add stacking lanes to the parent drop-off loop.
| Loretto addition | Figure |
|---|---|
| Negotiated cost of the addition | $12.3 million |
| Early demolition | $415,093 |
| Student capacity after the work | about 1,122 |
| Students in 2024-25 | 1,039 |
| Expected completion | 2028 |
The capacity and cost figures come from the district. The 2024-25 enrollment is from the NCES directory. R. Dean Scott Architect designed the addition, and Auld & White is the contractor.
A new automotive lab at Terry Parker High
Terry Parker High School, 7301 Parker School Road, now has a 6,500-square-foot training space for its Automotive Maintenance & Light Repair Program. The district said it includes a repair garage, classroom space, a tool room and parts storage. It was celebrated with a ribbon cutting Sept. 29.
KASPER Architects designed the lab, and Auld & White Constructors built it.
Who pays for it
The Spring Park and Loretto projects are paid for by the half-cent sales tax Duval County voters approved in November 2020. The district said the tax has so far paid for five new schools:
- Rutledge Pearson Elementary
- Highlands Estates Academy
- Chaffee Trail Middle
- Southside Estates Elementary
- Ribault High
The Terry Parker lab was paid for by a state Capitalization Incentive Funding grant, known as a CAP grant. The program pays for career and technical education projects.
What it means for you
- Spring Park families: the new building is due in August 2027. The district has not said in this announcement how construction will affect the current campus. The school’s front office is 904-346-5640.
- Loretto families: expect construction on campus until 2028. When it is finished, the 13 portables go and the drop-off loop gets more room for cars.
- Terry Parker students: the lab is open now for the automotive program. The school is the place to ask about joining it.
- The district’s Duval Reimagine site lists the next projects the sales tax will pay for.
For every public school in the city, see our Duval County public schools guide.
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