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LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY
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Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY
LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY is a primary school of sprawling scale in SAINT JOHNS, Florida, operated by ST. JOHNS, caters to 1,795 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 197% above the state mean of about 604.
Across the 53 schools in ST. JOHNS (52,383 students total), LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY logs that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, St. Johns County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY has 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.1%, the actual is 77.9%, a residual of +5.8 points.
Around the school, St. Johns County reports 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 LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY is one.
The closest other public school is PATRIOT OAKS ACADEMY, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.2%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 1,552 students in 2018 compared to 1,795 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for LIBERTY PINES ACADEMY typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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