Palm Coast Times

There were 35,217 white students enrolled in St. Johns County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.5% increase from the 34,343 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that St. Johns County welcomed a total of 50,155 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 56 schools in St. Johns County, Bartram Trail High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,820 students, making up 73% of the school's total student body.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 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	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Bartram Trail High School	73	2,493
Creekside High School	69.3	2,455
Allen D. Nease Senior High School	69.9	2,214
Tocoi Creek High School	69	2,008
Freedom Crossing Academy	66.1	1,970
Ponte Vedra High School	81.1	1,928
Mill Creek Academy	68.3	1,893
Liberty Pines Academy	65.8	1,815
St. Augustine High School	68.9	1,784
Pine Island Academy	75	1,530
Pedro Menendez High School	74.4	1,519
Palm Valley Academy	79.9	1,496
Patriot Oaks Academy	63.9	1,468
Pacetti Bay Middle School	71	1,443
Switzerland Point Middle School	72.9	1,430
Timberlin Creek Elementary School	68.4	1,311
Valley Ridge Academy	72.7	1,306
High School III	65.4	1,254
Fruit Cove Middle School	64.1	1,223
Alice B. Landrum Middle School	76.6	1,142
Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Rawlings Elementary School	80.8	1,066
Julington Creek Elementary School	72.1	1,062
Picolata Crossing Elementary School	69.6	961
Durbin Creek Elementary School	51.7	959
Wards Creek Elementary School	62.9	954
Gamble Rogers Middle School	75.9	925
Ocean Palms Elementary School	71.7	921
Hickory Creek Elementary School	70.5	793
Palencia Elementary School	78	781
Otis A. Mason Elementary School	70.2	719
Crookshank Elementary School	55.3	704
Osceola Elementary School	57.9	703
R. J. Murray Middle School	62.6	695
Cunningham Creek Elementary School	73.9	693
South Woods Elementary School	69.1	689
Sebastian Middle School	71.7	654
W. Douglas Hartley Elementary School	75.5	633
R. B. Hunt Elementary School	87.5	585
The Webster School	56	504
Ketterlinus Elementary School	72.4	402
St. Johns Virtual Franchise	71.5	376
St. Johns Technical High School	48.2	218
Deaf High School (FSDB)	29.4	163
St. Augustine Public Montessori School (SAPMS)	59.5	116
Blind High School (FSDB)	55	100
Deaf Middle School (FSDB)	51.2	84
Gaines Alternative at Hamblen	25.3	83
Deaf Elementary School (FSDB)	28.2	78
Blind PK-8 School (FSDB)	20.8	72
St. Johns Community Campus	57.8	64
Life Work/Project Search	68.3	60
First Coast Technical College	59.1	22