KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. JOHNS, with 405 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within ST. JOHNS, which oversees 53 schools and 52,383 students, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Johns County (around 21%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.6%; this one delivers 70.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Johns County put 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%. KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in St. Johns County (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students).

The closest other public school is ST. AUGUSTINE PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 17%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 79% to 71%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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