SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in ELKTON, Florida, overseen by ST. JOHNS, with 700 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within ST. JOHNS, which oversees 53 schools and 52,383 students, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Johns County (around 21%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 48.8%.

Around the school, St. Johns County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in St. Johns County (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students).

The closest other public school is DEEP CREEK ACADEMY, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 4%, going from 671 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 6% to 11%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.