The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Math. The lowest is 82% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on R. B. Hunt Elementary School
R. B. Hunt Elementary sits on Magnolia Drive in St. Augustine, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the St. Johns County School District. The school's address places it in the beach-adjacent portion of St. Augustine, a part of the city that blends suburban residential streets with proximity to the water and the broader historic cityscape.
Academic performance across the tested grades is a clear strength here. Florida's FAST assessments in reading and math are given in grades three through five, and at each grade level the school posts proficiency rates that land well above the state midpoint. Math results rise through the upper grades, with the fifth-grade cohort performing particularly well. Reading results are comparably strong across all three tested grades. Fifth graders also sit for Florida's statewide science assessment, and the school's science proficiency is similarly high. When the school's overall proficiency index is placed relative to districts in St. Johns County, it sits in the top quartile, above the county median by a wide margin. That is a meaningful position in a county that already tends to attract families with strong academic expectations.
The student body is mid-sized for an elementary school, spread fairly evenly across kindergarten through fifth grade. The school draws heavily from what is, by local and statewide measures, a relatively affluent area: the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is modest, well below the Florida average. Racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic students, students of two or more races, and Asian students. Data on students with IEPs and English learners were not reported in the records available, so parents with children in those categories may want to ask the school directly about support structures.
Chronic absenteeism and graduation-rate data are not applicable here: this is an elementary school, so no graduation measure exists, and attendance data was not available in the records.
The neighborhood housing market reflects the broader St. Johns County context, which is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country. Home values in the zip code sit well above both the Florida state median and the national median, and they have pulled back modestly from recent highs. Monthly mortgage costs at current rates are roughly equivalent to the area's reported rental rate, making the rent-versus-buy decision unusually close. Rents have held roughly flat over the past year. For a family relocating to be near this school, the housing cost is a material consideration; the area is not inexpensive by any measure.
St. Johns County voters passed two funding measures in late 2024 that bear on what this school can offer. A new property tax millage dedicated to operations directs the majority of its revenue toward teacher and support-staff compensation, with the remainder funding school safety, counselors, nurses, and programs including science, art, music, and athletics. Separately, voters renewed a half-cent sales surtax for capital needs, covering construction, maintenance, technology, and safety infrastructure in a district that has been absorbing significant enrollment growth. Both measures passed and are now active funding streams, which matters in a county adding residents steadily and competing to retain qualified teachers.
St. Augustine itself is a city with a distinctive physical character: a compact historic downtown built on a colonial street grid, walkable and dense with restaurants, galleries, and civic institutions, surrounded by more conventional suburban residential corridors. Flagler College anchors the downtown, and Northrop Grumman is publicly reported as the area's largest private employer, with healthcare, tourism, and logistics rounding out the economy. Growth is visible in new multifamily housing projects and a redesign of the King Street downtown corridor approved in 2024.
No information on special programs, course offerings, staffing ratios, or discipline data was available for R. B. Hunt specifically, so those dimensions are absent from this account rather than assumed.
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