PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a big elementary school in PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, operated by ST. JOHNS. The school educates 940 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within ST. JOHNS, which oversees 53 schools and 52,383 students, PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to St. Johns County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS 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 74.7%; this one delivers 89.4%, a residual of +14.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Johns County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,839, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across St. Johns County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ALICE B. LANDRUM MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 78.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,030 (now 940). Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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