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What's the most underrated thing about R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174001914
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
125 MAGNOLIA DR, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32080 · (904) 547-7960 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
158 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
31%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
81.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
82.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.9% | 82.6% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 82.4% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 540 | 29.3% | 82.3% |
| BAUDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 530 | 27.5% | 78.7% |
| SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 617 | 31.9% | 80.1% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 601 | 32.8% | 64.1% |
| OCEAN BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH | 498 | 23.5% | 72.1% |
| SOUTH LAKE ELEMENTARY TITUSVILLE | 469 | 25.2% | 77.7% |
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 R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #95 of 2,136 | #5 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #212 of 2,149 ▼ 43 | #12 of 27 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #107 of 2,149 ▼ 56 | #5 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,268 of 2,267 | #25 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #975 of 2,077 | #15 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #1,817 of 2,108 | #27 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #1,837 of 2,188 | #8 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #782 of 1,374 | #9 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
540
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 540 | 34.5 | 15.7:1 | 29% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 36.8 | 14.5:1 | 28% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 36.6 | 16.0:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 25% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 27% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 32% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 25% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 17% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 40 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 540 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
ST. JOHNS is the local district for R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 53 schools with 52,383 students.
About 82% of the student body at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The White share in St. Johns County as a whole is similar, at about 79%. R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 31%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.7:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The lunch program counts 29% of students at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
BeatsExpectations places R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the top 10% of Florida schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.8 points above it (82.3% actual, 66.5% predicted).
St. Johns County has these Census figures: the median household income is $109,839, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Johns County is home to 68 public schools and about 52,895 public school students.
Nearest public school: KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 2.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The federal government classifies R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Small.
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 550 students in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- 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
- KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 405
- ST. AUGUSTINE PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL2.4 mi · 133
- GAINES ALTERNATIVE AT HAMBLEN2.5 mi · 65
- THE EVELYN HAMBLEN CENTER2.5 mi · 48
- DEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FSDB)2.6 mi · 97
- DEAF HIGH SCHOOL (FSDB)2.6 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. B. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ST. JOHNS in St. Johns County.
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