Port St. John is a

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located between Titusville and

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. The population was 12,267 at the

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. It is part of the Palm Bay–

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– Titusville

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Geography

Port St. John is located at (28.477056, -80.788597). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

History

In 2002, a group of five Port St. John residents formed "Port St. John For Tomorrow" (PSJ4T) and tried to incorporate the Port St. John area. Included in PSJ4T's incorporation plans were five separate communities: Delespine, Williams Point, Hardeeville, Frontenac and a part of Sharpes. PSJ4T had not informed these five communities. When the five communities did find out, they expressed disinterest in being included in the incorporation effort. A feasibility study was requested by PSJ4T members. Voters approved the study. The study was funded by Brevard County and performed by the

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. The five reviewing committees in

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said the study was "deeply flawed.". The county allowed the residents of Port St. John and the five communities to vote on becoming a city. Howard Futch and Randy Ball (CS/HB 1071) sponsored the bills in the Senate and House. The incorporation issue was defeated in November 2002, 73% to 27%, including most of the people in the five communities. State statute prevented Port St. John from considering incorporation for ten years. In 2012, the area received national attention when a mother shot and killed her four teenagers and herself. In January 2013, a brush fire ignited outside of Port St. John. As of January 13, the fire has burned over 1,000 acres of land, as well as closing both lanes of State Route 407.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 12,112 people, 4,307 households, and 3,264 families residing in the CDP, although the number has grown since. The population density was . There were 4,544 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.70%

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, 5.01%

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, 0.47% Native American, 0.92%

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, 0.17%

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, 0.83% from

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, and 1.91% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.28% of the population. There were 4,307 households, out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were

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living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,030, and the median income for a family was $47,342. Males had a median income of $35,912 versus $26,184 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,953. About 4.7% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the

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, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over. According to the

info, Port Saint John has a total population of 12,267.

Education

Elementary schools

*Atlantis Elementary *Challenger 7 Elementary *Enterprise Elementary In 2009, Atlantis Elementary was named one of the nation's top 12 schools in terms of character development, school culture and academic achievement. Teaching was termed "absolutely brilliant". It was the only school so cited in Florida. It has been a state A-rated school from 2000-2009. There are 640 students K-6. 45% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a typical indication of poverty. 18% are enrolled in exceptional student classes. 20% of the students are minorities.

Middle and high schools

* Space Coast Jr./Sr. High School

References

External links

Brevard County Commission Minutes
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