Palm Coast Times

Creekside High School had the highest enrollment among St. Johns County schools, welcoming 2,554 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 67% of Creekside High School’s total enrollment.

Creekside High School is part of the St. Johns County School District, which generally encompasses schools within St. Johns County with its main office in Saint Johns.

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 enrolment 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 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Creekside High School	Saint Johns	2,554
Tocoi Creek High School	St. Augustine	2,375
Allen D. Nease Senior High School	Ponte Vedra	2,163
Bartram Trail High School	Saint Johns	2,146
Mill Creek Academy	St. Augustine	1,988
Freedom Crossing Academy	St. Johns	1,955
Liberty Pines Academy	Saint Johns	1,948
High School III	St. Augustine	1,933
Ponte Vedra High School	Ponte Vedra	1,928
Pine Island Academy	St. Augustine	1,721
St. Augustine High School	St. Augustine	1,695
Pacetti Bay Middle School	St. Augustine	1,535
Switzerland Point Middle School	Saint Johns	1,513
Palm Valley Academy	Ponte Vedra	1,498
Pedro Menendez High School	St. Augustine	1,485
Patriot Oaks Academy	Saint Johns	1,466
Timberlin Creek Elementary School	St. Augustine	1,345
Valley Ridge Academy	Ponte Vedra	1,267
Fruit Cove Middle School	Saint Johns	1,212
Wards Creek Elementary School	St. Augustine	1,210
Alice B. Landrum Middle School	Ponte Vedra Beach	1,135
Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Rawlings Elementary School	Ponte Vedra Beach	1,043
Durbin Creek Elementary School	Saint Johns	1,020
Picolata Crossing Elementary School	St. Augustine	1,000
Julington Creek Elementary School	Saint Johns	978
Ocean Palms Elementary School	Ponte Vedra Beach	952
Gamble Rogers Middle School	St. Augustine	904
Hickory Creek Elementary School	Saint Johns	805
R. J. Murray Middle School	St. Augustine	745
Cunningham Creek Elementary School	Saint Johns	722
Palencia Elementary School	St. Augustine	708
Otis A. Mason Elementary School	St. Augustine	700
South Woods Elementary School	Elkton	694
Osceola Elementary School	St. Augustine	688
Crookshank Elementary School	St. Augustine	662
Sebastian Middle School	St. Augustine	633
W. Douglas Hartley Elementary School	St. Augustine	564
R. B. Hunt Elementary School	St. Augustine	534
The Webster School	St. Augustine	532
Ketterlinus Elementary School	St. Augustine	398
St. Johns Virtual Franchise	St. Augustine	347
St. Johns Technical High School	St. Augustine	208
Deaf High School (FSDB)	St. Augustine	171
St. Augustine Public Montessori School (SAPMS)	St. Augustine	130
Blind High School (FSDB)	St. Augustine	108
Life Work/Project Search	St. Augustine	92
Deaf Elementary School (FSDB)	St. Augustine	85
Deaf Middle School (FSDB)	St. Augustine	80
Gaines Alternative at Hamblen	St. Augustine	67
Blind PK-8 School (FSDB)	St. Augustine	66
St. Johns Community Campus	St. Augustine	64
First Coast Technical College	St. Augustine	51
St. Johns County Transition Program	St. Augustine	41
Therapeutic Learning Center	St. Augustine	15