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Enrollment
1,776
High
DISTRICT 1,164 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030000330
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL
2025 FL-16, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL 32043 · (904) 336-7175 · Clay County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,776 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- A-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
21.2:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
916 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 476 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 440 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 448 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 412 | 23% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 CLAY HIGH SCHOOL
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,776 | 51.6% | 60.1% |
| MILTON HIGH SCHOOL MILTON | 1,985 | 53.4% | 54.0% |
| HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,299 | 51.7% | 40.8% |
| CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 2,376 | 50.2% | 54.4% |
| HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL HUDSON | 1,497 | 48.3% | 45.3% |
| NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 2,557 | 51.5% | 48.0% |
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 CLAY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #164 of 555 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #397 of 549 ▼ 238 | #7 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #173 of 559 ▼ 17 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,776 | #217 of 830 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #231 of 575 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #369 of 594 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #207 of 630 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #49 of 246 | N/A |
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
1,776
+277 (+18%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 1,068
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 1,776 | 83.6 | 21.2:1 | 52% (916) |
| 2023-24 | 1,706 | 82 | 20.8:1 | 46% (792) |
| 2022-23 | 1,666 | 82.8 | 20.1:1 | 43% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 1,499 | 76 | 19.7:1 | 32% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 1,399 | 76 | 18.4:1 | 44% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 1,441 | 80 | 18.0:1 | 37% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 1,382 | 96 | 14.4:1 | 29% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 1,735 | 99 | 17.5:1 | 12% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 1,068 | 72 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAY HIGH SCHOOL.
About CLAY HIGH SCHOOL
A high-enrollment high school in GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Florida, CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is part of CLAY. Total enrollment is 1,776 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 72% bigger than the average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
CLAY has 39,116 students in 50 schools, and CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at CLAY HIGH SCHOOL are White (66%). Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Clay County, where about 70% of residents are White. The diversity index for CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at CLAY HIGH SCHOOL comes to 83.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.2:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1. CLAY HIGH SCHOOL counts 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Clay County is similar, at 54%.
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Florida public high schools.
In Florida, CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.1% actual against a predicted 55.3%.
The school's county is Clay County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,820, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Clay County's 55 public schools enroll about 38,806 students and include CLAY HIGH SCHOOL.
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 1.0 miles from CLAY HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, CLAY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,776, up from 1,499 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 21.2:1, from 19.7:1.
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,139 students
Other schools in GREEN COVE SPRINGS
- LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 940 students
- LAKE ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 698 students
- SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
Other Clay High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Clay High. CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Clay High SchoolOregon, OH · 1,107 students
- Clay High SchoolPortsmouth, OH · 145 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 564
- GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 793
- R. C. BANNERMAN LEARNING CENTER1.6 mi · 211
- AMIKIDS CLAY COUNTY1.7 mi · 32
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 698
- SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CLAY HIGH SCHOOL?
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,776 students in grades 09-12.
Is CLAY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CLAY HIGH SCHOOL have?
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at CLAY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLAY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is CLAY HIGH SCHOOL in?
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL is part of CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.