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ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of roomy scale in PONTE VEDRA, Florida, overseen by ST. JOHNS, teacheing 2,177 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 110% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.
Within ST. JOHNS, which oversees 53 schools and 52,383 students, ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 7% of students at ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below St. Johns County's rate of about 21%.
After controlling for student poverty, ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.9%; this one delivers 86.7%.
Around the school, census data for St. Johns County shows median household earnings sit near $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, St. Johns County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), of which ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is VALLEY RIDGE ACADEMY, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 78.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 10%, going from 2,427 students in 2018 to 2,177 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 75% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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