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Enrollment
2,887
High
DISTRICT 901 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048007629
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL
9735 R G SKINNER PKWY, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 · (904) 538-5120 · Duval County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,887 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Florida public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
795 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 796 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 807 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 698 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 586 | 20% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 54.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,887 | 27.5% | 59.4% |
| SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,627 | 32.9% | 55.6% |
| OLYMPIA HIGH ORLANDO | 2,901 | 28.6% | 53.2% |
| FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,835 | 30.6% | 47.7% |
| POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 1,322 | 25.4% | 89.1% |
| F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 2,416 | 34.5% | 61.4% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #171 of 555 | #8 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #163 of 549 ▼ 45 | #8 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #267 of 559 ▲ 8 | #9 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,887 | #32 of 830 | #1 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #437 of 575 | #26 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #6 of 594 | #2 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #501 of 630 | #26 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #66 of 246 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,887
+583 (+25%) vs 2020
+117% since 2010-11, when it was 1,329
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,887 | 117 | 24.7:1 | 28% (795) |
| 2023-24 | 2,768 | 118 | 23.5:1 | 34% (937) |
| 2022-23 | 2,537 | 118 | 21.5:1 | 35% (899) |
| 2020-21 | 2,304 | 108 | 21.3:1 | 34% (789) |
| 2017-18 | 2,358 | 108 | 21.8:1 | 32% (748) |
| 2015-16 | 2,113 | 100 | 21.1:1 | 28% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 1,329 | 59 | 22.5:1 | 29% (381) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL.
About ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, reachable at (904) 538-5120. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,887 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 179% higher.
DUVAL runs 206 schools with a combined 131,562 students. ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 33%. It is also 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Duval County is roughly 51% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 117 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 24.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 28% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Duval County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
Measured against Florida public high schools, ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 67.4%. ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL scores 59.4%.
Federal survey data for Duval County show that the median household income is $71,277, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Duval County is home to 220 public schools and about 141,209 public school students.
The closest other public school is TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 5.
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 583 students since 2020-21, to 2,887. Students per teacher rose from 21.3 in 2020-21 to 24.7 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMYCombined · 1,677 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMYCombined · 1,677 students
Nearby schools
- TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 914
- TWIN LAKES ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 809
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDA3.9 mi · 6,069
- RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST3.9 mi · 726
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT CLAY3.9 mi · 310
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT OSCEOLA4.0 mi · 1,224
Frequently asked questions
About ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL?
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,887 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 24.7:1 (117 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL?
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 33% White, 24% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL?
ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.