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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174001905
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1455 N WHITNEY ST, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32084 · (904) 547-7840 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
440 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 59.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 705 | 62.4% | 59.0% |
| OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 639 | 65.7% | 67.2% |
| BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAN MATEO | 679 | 59.9% | 40.9% |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 726 | 62.1% | 53.6% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 655 | 58.3% | 63.3% |
| BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 687 | 64.6% | 45.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #917 of 2,136 | #25 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #955 of 2,149 ▲ 1 | #26 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #795 of 2,149 ▲ 89 | #25 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #688 of 2,267 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #187 of 2,077 | #5 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #887 of 2,108 | #6 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #813 of 2,188 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #620 of 1,374 | #6 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
705
-33 (-4%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 705 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 62% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 55 | 12.0:1 | 65% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 64% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 59% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 59% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 71% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 71% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 71% (485) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. JOHNS. It enrolled 705 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
ST. JOHNS has 53 schools; together they serve 52,383 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of St. Johns County is roughly 79% White. The chance that two students picked at random at CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
At CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 53 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 21% average among public schools in St. Johns County.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 9.2 points above predicted: 59.0% against 49.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Johns County show that median household income is about $109,839, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in St. Johns County, which together enroll about 52,895 students.
The closest public school to CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SEBASTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 57.9% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 5.
Federal data place CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 705 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 738.
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St. Johns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,934
Census ACS
Median income
$109,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
52,895 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. JOHNS
- TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,616 students
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,479 students
- BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,214 students
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- MILL CREEK ACADEMYElementary · 1,983 students
Other schools in ST AUGUSTINE
- MILL CREEK ACADEMYElementary · 1,983 students
- PINE ISLAND ACADEMYElementary · 1,972 students
- ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,717 students
- PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,481 students
- PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,403 students
- LAKESIDE ACADEMYElementary · 1,356 students
Nearby schools
- SEBASTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 690
- ST. AUGUSTINE PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL1.1 mi · 133
- JAMES A. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 586
- ST. JOHNS VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.2 mi · 314
- ST. JOHNS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 190
- ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,717
Frequently asked questions
About CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 705 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 13% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ST. JOHNS in St. Johns County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.