Palm Coast Times

There were 50,155 students enrolled in St. Johns County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% more than the previous year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 70.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in St. Johns County schools, followed by 12.4% of Hispanic students, 11.4% of Black and multiracial students and 5.6% of Asian students.

Bartram Trail High School registered the highest enrollment among St. Johns County's 56 schools in the 2022-23 academic year, welcoming 2,493 students.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Bartram Trail High School	3,215	2,493	-22.5
Creekside High School	2,459	2,455	-0.2
Allen D. Nease Senior High School	2,569	2,214	-13.8
Tocoi Creek High School	1,306	2,008	53.8
Freedom Crossing Academy	2,190	1,970	-10
Ponte Vedra High School	1,889	1,928	2.1
Mill Creek Academy	1,755	1,893	7.9
Liberty Pines Academy	1,424	1,815	27.5
St. Augustine High School	1,794	1,784	-0.6
Pine Island Academy	1,113	1,530	37.5
Pedro Menendez High School	1,482	1,519	2.5
Palm Valley Academy	1,560	1,496	-4.1
Patriot Oaks Academy	1,250	1,468	17.4
Pacetti Bay Middle School	1,362	1,443	5.9
Switzerland Point Middle School	1,296	1,430	10.3
Timberlin Creek Elementary School	1,172	1,311	11.9
Valley Ridge Academy	1,267	1,306	3.1
High School III	-	1,254	-
Fruit Cove Middle School	1,195	1,223	2.3
Alice B. Landrum Middle School	1,207	1,142	-5.4
Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Rawlings Elementary School	1,045	1,066	2
Julington Creek Elementary School	911	1,062	16.6
Picolata Crossing Elementary School	907	961	6
Durbin Creek Elementary School	903	959	6.2
Wards Creek Elementary School	789	954	20.9
Gamble Rogers Middle School	916	925	1
Ocean Palms Elementary School	874	921	5.4
Hickory Creek Elementary School	910	793	-12.9
Palencia Elementary School	849	781	-8
Otis A. Mason Elementary School	734	719	-2
Crookshank Elementary School	702	704	0.3
Osceola Elementary School	674	703	4.3
R. J. Murray Middle School	644	695	7.9
Cunningham Creek Elementary School	603	693	14.9
South Woods Elementary School	632	689	9
Sebastian Middle School	702	654	-6.8
W. Douglas Hartley Elementary School	626	633	1.1
R. B. Hunt Elementary School	584	585	0.2
The Webster School	514	504	-1.9
Ketterlinus Elementary School	427	402	-5.9
St. Johns Virtual Franchise	918	376	-59
St. Johns Technical High School	257	218	-15.2
Deaf High School (FSDB)	159	163	2.5
St. Augustine Public Montessori School (SAPMS)	113	116	2.7
Blind High School (FSDB)	106	100	-5.7
Deaf Middle School (FSDB)	82	84	2.4
Gaines Alternative at Hamblen	56	83	48.2
Deaf Elementary School (FSDB)	82	78	-4.9
Blind PK-8 School (FSDB)	65	72	10.8
St. Johns Community Campus	39	64	64.1
Life Work/Project Search	41	60	46.3
Deep Creek Youth Academy	36	51	41.7
St. Johns County Juvenile Residential	49	31	-36.7
St. Johns County Transition Program	46	30	-34.8
First Coast Technical College	-	22	-
Therapeutic Learning Center	15	15	0