MILL CREEK ACADEMY

Located at 3750 INTERNATIONAL GOLF PKWY, in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, MILL CREEK ACADEMY is a roomy K-5 school that educates 1,983 students (grades K through 8), part of ST. JOHNS. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 228% above typical.

ST. JOHNS runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 52,383 students. MILL CREEK ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MILL CREEK ACADEMY logs that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest looks like 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, St. Johns County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, MILL CREEK ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 72.6%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Johns County indicate median household income runs about $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, St. Johns County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), of which MILL CREEK ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around MILL CREEK ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILL CREEK ACADEMY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 74.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. MILL CREEK ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 152% since 2018, when it stood at 788 (now 1,983). Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.