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How has HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174005725
HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
235 HICKORY CREEK TRL, SAINT JOHNS, FL 32259 · (904) 547-7450 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
92 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
51%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
80.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
84.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 84.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 77.6% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 669 | 13.8% | 80.4% |
| TIMBERLIN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 634 | 14.5% | 76.2% |
| KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 740 | 13.8% | 78.7% |
| BEACON COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JUPITER | 603 | 12.4% | 83.5% |
| CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 730 | 15.9% | 73.0% |
| DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 652 | 15.2% | 68.9% |
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 HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #149 of 2,136 | #8 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #152 of 2,149 ▲ 141 | #6 of 27 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #141 of 2,149 ▲ 66 | #7 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #812 of 2,267 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #632 of 2,077 | #9 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #1,319 of 2,108 | #16 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #2,083 of 2,188 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #829 of 1,374 | #10 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
669
-163 (-20%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 669 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 11% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 832 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 11% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 7% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in SAINT JOHNS, Florida, are served by HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 669 students covers pre-K through 5.
Within ST. JOHNS, HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 53 schools. The district enrolls 52,383 students.
At 68%, White students outnumber all other groups at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, 79% of St. Johns County residents are White. By the diversity index, HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 51%.
Federal data list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 14%.
The allk12 Grade for HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 74.3% for a school in Florida with HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 80.4%.
St. Johns County has about 306,934 residents, and 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. Federal data list 68 public schools in St. Johns County, with a combined enrollment of about 52,895.
The nearest public school is SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 79.7%, lower than HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 80.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 832 to 669 over 4 years.
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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 SAINT JOHNS
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,479 students
- BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,214 students
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- LIBERTY PINES ACADEMYElementary · 1,795 students
- PATRIOT OAKS ACADEMYElementary · 1,473 students
- SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,282 students
Nearby schools
- SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,282
- CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 730
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 2,153
- FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY3.7 mi · 1,964
- ROBERT M. PATERSON ELEMENTARY4.0 mi · 665
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,765
Frequently asked questions
About HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 669 students in grades PK-05.
Is HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.