DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB)

As an one-room-style elementary school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB) instructs 97 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of DEAF/BLIND. Enrollment runs roughly 84% below the state mean of about 604.

Within DEAF/BLIND, which oversees 5 schools and 512 students, DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB) is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB) records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Johns County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB) tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than St. Johns County's rate of about 21%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) records that the typical household earns roughly $109,839 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, St. Johns County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), of which DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB) is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEAF MIDDLE SCHOOL (FSDB), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 98 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025.

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