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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174001060
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
207 MASON MANATEE WAY, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32086 · (904) 547-8440 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
353 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 | 39 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
53%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
74.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.5% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 74.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 731 | 48.3% | 73.3% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
| TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 652 | 45.7% | 67.5% |
| RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 768 | 49.7% | 58.5% |
| WEST NAVARRE PRIMARY SCHOOL NAVARRE | 666 | 45.2% | N/A |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 695 | 43.9% | 71.0% |
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 OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #341 of 2,136 | #17 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #478 of 2,149 ▼ 86 | #20 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #296 of 2,149 ▲ 33 | #16 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #620 of 2,267 | #15 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #282 of 2,077 | #6 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #1,205 of 2,108 | #15 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #1,347 of 2,188 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.1% | #232 of 621 | #5 of 8 |
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
731
+43 (+6%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 731 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 48% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 47% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 45% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 41% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 44% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 49% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 48% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 34% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 731 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
ST. JOHNS has 52,383 students in 53 schools, and OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
About 66% of the student body at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, St. Johns County residents are about 79% White. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 53 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Roughly 48% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Johns County is 21%.
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.0%. The school's actual rate is 73.3%, 16.3 points higher.
The school is in St. Johns County, where the median household earns about $109,839 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across St. Johns County, 68 public schools serve about 52,895 students.
OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.6 miles away. Within five miles of OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 6 other public schools. On proficiency, OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 63.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 688 (2020-21) to 731 (2024-25).
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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
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Other schools in ST AUGUSTINE
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- 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
- OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 639
- R J MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 742
- W. DOUGLAS HARTLEY ELEMENTARY4.7 mi · 596
- JAMES A. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 586
- THE EVELYN HAMBLEN CENTER4.9 mi · 48
- GAINES ALTERNATIVE AT HAMBLEN4.9 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-05.
Is OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OTIS A. MASON 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.