OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary campus in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. JOHNS. The school instructs 731 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 53 schools in ST. JOHNS (52,383 students total), OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, St. Johns County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Johns County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 73.3%, a residual of +16.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) records that the typical household earns roughly $109,839 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OTIS A. MASON 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 OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 3.6 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 17%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 731 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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