University Christian School is a private Christian school in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. It is part of the ministry of the University Baptist Church, a local Baptist congregation. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through high school with a focus on Baptist values.University Christian School is an extension of the University Baptist Church organization. University Baptist Church was founded in 1950; Jack J. Dinsbeer became pastor of the small congregation in 1953. Under his leadership the church grew in membership, and in 1965 the church established a kindergarten. In 1970 University Christian School expanded into a full elementary school with grades one through six. The first class graduated in 1973, and a year later the administration acquired more land for additional buildings to house a middle and high school. The school continued to expand in the 1990s.