The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Math. The lowest is 77% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Durbin Creek Elementary School
Durbin Creek Elementary sits on Race Track Road in Saint Johns, a community organized around large master-planned developments like Nocatee and Durbin Park, positioned between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The area is among the fastest-growing in Florida, with new residential projects actively reshaping the surrounding landscape. That growth context matters for a school choice: St. Johns County School District publicly reported passing two referendums in November 2024, one a new one-mill property tax dedicated to teacher and staff salaries, school safety, and programs including science, art, music, and athletics, and the other a renewal of a half-cent capital sales surtax running several more years to fund construction, facility maintenance, and technology. Both passed with voter support. For a family buying a home in the area, the property tax increase is a real ongoing cost to factor in; the capital surtax renewal is what keeps new schools opening in pace with rapid enrollment growth.
The school itself is a large elementary, running prekindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment reflects the character of the surrounding community. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Asian-American population and smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is quite low compared to typical Florida schools, which aligns with the community's housing market: home values in the zip code are well above the Florida statewide median and well above the national median, and rents carry a similar premium. Data on students receiving special-education services or classified as English learners was not reported in what we received, so a parent with those interests would want to ask the school directly.
Academically, Durbin Creek posts strong results on Florida's FAST assessments. Across third, fourth, and fifth grades, math proficiency is high in all three tested grades, with fourth grade reaching particularly strong levels. Reading and ELA results are also solid, with third and fourth grade performing especially well; fifth grade ELA comes in somewhat lower than the other grades, which a parent may want to ask the school about. Fifth-grade science proficiency on the statewide assessment is strong, in the same range as the math results. Placed against districts in St. Johns County, Durbin Creek's overall proficiency index sits in the top quartile, above both the county midpoint and the county maximum among districts, which is a genuine strength by any measure. Some grade-level results for grades beyond fifth were suppressed in the state data, likely because the school serves only through fifth grade and those upper-grade figures represent very small or incidental populations; no inference about weaker performance should be drawn from those suppressed entries.
Multi-year trend data was not available in what we received, so whether performance has been rising, flat, or shifting cannot be characterized here.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter and not a magnet. No specific program offerings, AP or enrichment tracks, or extracurricular details were in the data we reviewed; families interested in what distinguishes the instructional program beyond the core grades would need to consult the school directly or through the St. Johns County School District.
The community around Durbin Creek is still actively being built. New communities including SilverLeaf along St. Johns Parkway and proposed developments west of Interstate 95 continue to add housing and residents to the area. For a family weighing a move, that trajectory means a growing school population, ongoing construction nearby, and a district that has recently secured voter-approved funding to try to keep pace. The housing cost here is a real threshold: this is not an affordable market by Florida or national standards, and the rent-to-income ratio runs higher than the national midpoint.
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