The original Hogan–Spring Glen Elementary School on Beach Boulevard. | Duval County Public Schools
Published on April 28, 2026 at 3:12 pm
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A new Hogan–Spring Glen Elementary School is set to rise where an earlier version of the school stood for eight decades.
Ground was broken Tuesday at the Beach Boulevard site in Jacksonville. Students will move into the new school in August 2027.
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The original Hogan-Spring Glen Elementary School operated at 6736 Beach Blvd., just east of Dean Road, with a playground along its service road and Fletcher Morgan Field’s four baseball diamonds behind its courtyard.
The original school was about 85 years old when it was demolished recently and served almost 450 students, who are now temporarily attending Windy Hill Elementary School during construction.
The new school will have capacity for about 930 students and will include traditional classrooms, plus three early learning classrooms and nine specialized spaces.
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The new Hogan-Spring Glen School will be funded through the half-penny sales surtax, part of the school district’s 15-year Master Facilities Plan.
Bhide Hall Architects of Orange Park was approved to design the school in June 2025. The project is budgeted at about $43.7 million.
School consolidation plans
Demolition of the old school and construction of a larger new campus are part of school consolidation plans to ensure more campuses have at least 85% capacity.
In the past year, elementary schools like Westside’s Annie R. Morgan, Kings Trail on the Southside and Susie E. Tolbert in Northwest Jacksonville were closed, Students were consolidated with nearby campuses that have room to spare.
A new Southside Estates Elementary was built near its former, now-demolished facility, and the district also opened a rebuilt Ribault High School.
Along with serving students already in the Hogan–Spring Glen area, the new school will handle the populations from Love Grove Elementary School at 2446 University Blvd. S. and Englewood Elementary School at 4359 Spring Park Road.
The School Board also approved rebuilding Spring Park Elementary School, which will remain in operation through the end of this school year, then be rebuilt for opening in fall 2027.
