Challenging Academic Programs Students who want a highly challenging academic curriculum in preparation for college have several options. Advanced Placement courses and dual enrollment classes allow students to earn college credit while enrolled in any of Duval's public high schools. Stanton College Preparatory School and Paxon School for Advanced Studies offer the most rigorous of education programs, and both schools offer the tasking, demanding International Baccalaureate Degree program. State funded college scholarships are provided by the Florida's Bright Futures Scholarship Program for students whose academic achievement in high school meets the eligibility requirements. Three scholarship programs are provided through the Bright Futures program to all eligible high school graduates who are residents of Florida and are enrolling in an eligible Florida public or independent post-secondary education institution.
Information is available through high school guidance departments.
Magnet Schools and Programs Tap Student Interests and Talents Throughout elementary, middle and high school, an extensive and innovative array of magnet schools and magnet programs challenge students in environments which focus on their special interests and talents. From foreign language immersion to micro-society, from college preparatory to the visual and performing arts, and from military science to academies of technology, students have the opportunity to receive academic instruction in an enriched environment. Duval County's magnet program is one of the most ambitious in the nation. It exists as a means of providing voluntary racial desegregation opportunities and a way to enhance the quality of the educational programs offered to students in the public school system. Under current policy, elementary age students may apply to any program within their geographical zone, subject to racial balance guidelines.