River City Science Academy (RCSA) is Charter School in Jacksonville, Florida, part of the Duval County School District. The school currently has six locations in Jacksonville being Southeast, Intracoastal, Innovation, Mandarin, Elementary and, Middle High and is known for its focus on STEM curriculum.
RCSA Middle-High currently has an "A" as of 2019 on the Florida School Accountability Grading Scale. RCSA Elementary currently has an "A" as of 2019 on the Florida School Accountability Grading Scale. RCSA Mandarin currently has an "A" as of 2019 on the Florida School Accountability Grading Scale. RCSA Innovation currently has a "B" as of 2019 on the Florida School Accountability Grading Scale. RCSA Southeast currently has an "A" as of 2024 on the Florida School Accountability Grading Scale.[1]
Academic programs
RCSA offers degree programs to its students including the gifted program, dual enrollment classes through Florida State College at Jacksonville and University of North Florida, the AP Capstone program, and multiple CTE electives, and debate. The debate team that they have is one that was created three years ago. They had multiple placements in the FCDI state debate championship, for both their middle and high school teams.[2]
In 2016, RCSA Elementary took home 1st place in the Science Olympiad State Competition.
RCSA is recognized as a Florida service-learning leader school by the Florida Department of Education[4]
In 2018, RCSA Middle-High's Science Olympiad Team won first place in the state of Florida and competed at the National Competition in Colorado. In 2019, the team won second place in the state of Florida and competed at the National Competition in New York.[5]
In 2019, RCSA Mandarin's SeaPerch Team won first place in the state of Florida.
First public charter school to be granted high-performing status from the Florida Department of Education
In 2023, RCSA SeaPerch Team Aquarius earned first place in both the obstacle course and mission course, making them the overall high school stock class Champions in the RoboNation International SeaPerch Challenge held at the University of Maryland.
In 2024, for the second year in a row RCSA SeaPerch Team Aquarius earned first place in the mission course and were the overall high school stock class Champions in the RoboNation International SeaPerch Challenge held at the University of Maryland.
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