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Which teacher or staff member at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174001909
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
67 ORANGE ST, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32084 · (904) 547-8540 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
182 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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
47%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
70.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
74.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 78.0% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 405 | 44.9% | 70.7% |
| PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST JOE | 428 | 43.0% | 55.5% |
| DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY BABSON PARK | 453 | 46.1% | 62.3% |
| MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELROSE | 353 | 47.9% | 66.8% |
| CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 431 | 49.9% | 61.6% |
| AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MERRITT ISLAND | 416 | 45.0% | 65.2% |
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 KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #437 of 2,136 | #21 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #475 of 2,149 ▼ 188 | #19 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #433 of 2,149 ▼ 2 | #21 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,756 of 2,267 | #26 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #98 of 2,077 | #2 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,494 of 2,108 | #20 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #1,449 of 2,188 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #631 of 1,374 | #7 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
405
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 45% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 31.6 | 12.6:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 46% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 47% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 45% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 38% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 39 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public small elementary school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida. The school counted 405 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 33% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 53 schools run by ST. JOHNS, which serves 52,383 students.
At KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 71% of students are White. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of St. Johns County is roughly 79% White. The diversity index for KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 4.8 students per teacher. The school reported 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 24 points above the 21% average for public schools in St. Johns County.
On BeatsExpectations, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 12.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census data for St. Johns County show median household income comes to about $109,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,895, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
ST. AUGUSTINE PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 405, close to the 398 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- ST. AUGUSTINE PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL0.7 mi · 133
- GAINES ALTERNATIVE AT HAMBLEN1.0 mi · 65
- THE EVELYN HAMBLEN CENTER1.0 mi · 48
- BLIND HIGH SCHOOL (FSDB)1.2 mi · 93
- DEAF MIDDLE SCHOOL (FSDB)1.2 mi · 78
- DEAF HIGH SCHOOL (FSDB)1.2 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KETTERLINUS 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.