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Enrollment
1,048
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174008537
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2675 PACETTI RD, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32092 · (904) 547-4160 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,048 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
261 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 | 46 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 177 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 196 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (196).
Student demographics
54%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
66.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 74.7% |
% 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
| VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH | 914 | 27.7% | 75.1% |
| LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,069 | 23.2% | 79.4% |
| LIMESTONE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 902 | 22.5% | 73.9% |
| LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 977 | 21.8% | 82.0% |
| THREE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 941 | 25.0% | 71.9% |
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 PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #474 of 2,136 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #715 of 2,149 ▼ 322 | #24 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #577 of 2,149 ▼ 170 | #24 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,048 | #171 of 2,267 | #12 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,071 of 2,077 | #16 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #1,179 of 2,108 | #12 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #1,916 of 2,188 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.5% | #26 of 621 | #2 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
1,048
+262 (+33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 1,048 | 66 | 15.9:1 | 25% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 1,000 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 23% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 961 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 21% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 25% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 38% (223) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, are served by PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 1,048 students. Enrollment is 74% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 53 schools that make up ST. JOHNS (52,383 students in total).
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 64% White by enrollment. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Johns County residents are about 79% White. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 25%.
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (69.8%) and its predicted rate (68.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in St. Johns County, where the median household income is $109,839, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, St. Johns County has 67 other public schools.
The nearest public school is PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 1.6 miles. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 262 students since 2020-21, to 1,048. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.9:1, from 14.3:1.
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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
- PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,481
- MILL CREEK ACADEMY3.1 mi · 1,983
- TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 2,616
- WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,156
- ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY CAMPUS5.7 mi · 80
- THERAPEUTIC LEARNING CENTER5.7 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,048 students in grades PK-05.
Is PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.