BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

Set in SAINT JOHNS, Florida, BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a big secondary school, one of the schools within ST. JOHNS. It caters to 2,214 students across grades 8 through 12. That puts it 114% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 53 schools in ST. JOHNS (52,383 students total), BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL lists 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.4:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Johns County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.0%, the actual is 75.8%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (St. Johns County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,839 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Johns County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BARTRAM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 76.6%.

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