CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized primary schools in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, overseen by ST. JOHNS, with 705 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 53 schools in ST. JOHNS (52,383 students total), CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above St. Johns County's rate of about 21%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $109,839 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Johns County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SEBASTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.9%.

CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 848 (now 705). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 24% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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