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Enrollment
703
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174008177
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
355 PALENCIA VILLAGE DR, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32095 · (904) 547-4010 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
131 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
47%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
75.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 78.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 703 | 18.6% | 76.5% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 687 | 20.8% | 79.7% |
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 858 | 17.2% | 80.8% |
| DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 652 | 15.2% | 68.9% |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIERA | 910 | 20.0% | 83.8% |
| MARSH POINTE ELEMENTARY PALM BEACH GARDENS | 820 | 13.8% | 85.8% |
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 PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #259 of 2,136 | #14 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #418 of 2,149 ▼ 152 | #16 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #281 of 2,149 ▼ 180 | #15 of 27 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #694 of 2,267 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #669 of 2,077 | #11 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,484 of 2,108 | #19 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #2,021 of 2,188 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #656 of 1,374 | #8 of 14 |
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
703
-87 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 703 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 47.6 | 14.9:1 | 16% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 50.6 | 15.4:1 | 15% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 13% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 15% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 22% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida. Its enrollment is 703 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to ST. JOHNS, a district of 53 schools and 52,383 students.
The student body at PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
There are 47 full-time-equivalent teachers at PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 15.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A total of 131 students, or 19%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Johns County is similar, at 21%.
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Florida public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 76.5%. Predicted: 71.8%.
St. Johns County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. St. Johns County's 68 public schools enroll about 52,895 students and include PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.2 miles from PINE ISLAND ACADEMY, its nearest public school. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net loss of 87 students, or 11%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in ST. JOHNS
- TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,616 students
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,479 students
- BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,214 students
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- MILL CREEK ACADEMYElementary · 1,983 students
Other schools in ST AUGUSTINE
- MILL CREEK ACADEMYElementary · 1,983 students
- PINE ISLAND ACADEMYElementary · 1,972 students
- 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
- PINE ISLAND ACADEMY2.2 mi · 1,972
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 2,177
- LAKESIDE ACADEMY5.8 mi · 1,356
- PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 1,924
- VALLEY RIDGE ACADEMY6.7 mi · 1,178
- TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 2,616
Frequently asked questions
About PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 703 students in grades PK-05.
Is PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.