PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. JOHNS, with 703 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by ST. JOHNS, a district that teaches 52,383 students overall.

Demographically, PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $109,839 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PINE ISLAND ACADEMY, around 2.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 79.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 840 students in 2018 compared to 703 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 71% over that span.

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