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Enrollment
1,964
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174008529
FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY
1365 SHETLAND DR, ST JOHNS, FL 32259 · (904) 547-4231 · St. Johns County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,964 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
302 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
75.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 →
About FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY
Located at 1365 SHETLAND DR, in ST JOHNS, Florida, FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY is a substantial elementary campus that hosts 1,964 students (grades K through 8), operated by ST. JOHNS. That puts it 225% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
ST. JOHNS runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 52,383 students. FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.5%; this one delivers 77.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) reports that median household earnings sit near $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 79.7%.
The school occupies a residential site.
In the discussion threads here, members of the FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 730
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,479
- FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,157
- JULINGTON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 923
- DURBIN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,090
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,153
Frequently asked questions
About FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMYHow large is FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY?
FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,964 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY serve?
FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY?
Student demographics at FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY are roughly 63% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY in?
FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY is part of ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.