WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment K-5 school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, part of ST. JOHNS, works with 1,156 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 91% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by ST. JOHNS, a district that serves 52,383 students overall.

Demographically, WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 18% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, St. Johns County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.4%, the actual is 70.4%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Johns County put median household earnings sit near $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Johns County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), of which WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MILL CREEK ACADEMY, roughly 2.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WARDS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 45%, going from 798 students in 2018 to 1,156 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 79% to 55%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.