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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 952 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174005724
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4750 SR 206 W, ELKTON, FL 32033 · (904) 547-8610 · St. Johns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
497 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 | 62 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
51%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
50.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 48.2% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 700 | 71.0% | 48.8% |
| NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 814 | 71.4% | 61.5% |
| HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY HUDSON | 636 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 771 | 72.5% | 50.3% |
| CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 725 | 66.5% | 47.7% |
| WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 704 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
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 SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,398 of 2,136 | #27 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,343 of 2,149 ▲ 129 | #27 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,267 of 2,149 ▲ 172 | #27 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #698 of 2,267 | #19 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #424 of 2,077 | #7 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #1,330 of 2,108 | #17 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #421 of 2,188 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #463 of 621 | #8 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
700
+58 (+9%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 700 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 71% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 72% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 66% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 65% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 68% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 82% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 76% (438) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in ELKTON, Florida. There are 700 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
ST. JOHNS (53 schools, 52,383 students) runs SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 67 are White. The school is also 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 51%.
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 71%. Public schools in St. Johns County average 21%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.6% for SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 48.8%, 3.2 points above the prediction.
For St. Johns County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $109,839, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,895, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
The closest school to SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ST. JOHNS COUNTY JAIL (DJJ), located about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- ST. JOHNS COUNTY JAIL (DJJ)1.5 mi · 1
- DEEP CREEK ACADEMY1.5 mi · 61
- PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 1,403
- OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 731
- GAMBLE ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL9.7 mi · 896
- W. DOUGLAS HARTLEY ELEMENTARY10.2 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.