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What's one thing FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
978
High
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASSAU·NCES 120135002851
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
435 CITRONA DR, FERNANDINA BEACH, FL 32034 · (904) 261-5713 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B-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
17.5:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
241 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 253 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 254 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 225 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 246 | 25% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
68.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +37.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 up about 37 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 17.0% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 978 | 24.6% | 61.4% |
| COCOA BEACH JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COCOA BEACH | 1,049 | 26.3% | 66.9% |
| LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLEWOOD | 1,343 | 26.7% | 57.7% |
| SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH | 1,127 | 20.4% | 74.6% |
| DESTIN HIGH SCHOOL DESTIN | 599 | 21.0% | 57.1% |
| INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 682 | 30.4% | 65.4% |
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 FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #158 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #148 of 549 ▲ 356 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #133 of 559 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #408 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #67 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #482 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #525 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #213 of 246 |
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
978
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 1,516
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 978 | 56 | 17.5:1 | 25% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 980 | 56.5 | 17.4:1 | 31% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 1,025 | 53.5 | 19.2:1 | 32% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | 49 | 19.5:1 | 38% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 954 | 48 | 19.9:1 | 32% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 929 | 46 | 20.2:1 | 34% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 26% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 1,516 | 71 | 21.4:1 | 15% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
About FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
Families in FERNANDINA BEACH, Florida, are served by FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized high school. Its enrollment is 978 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
A total of 18 schools make up NASSAU, with 12,575 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is 75% White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 85% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 56 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.5:1. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is lower.
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Florida public high schools.
A school with FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 68.8%. FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL scores 61.4%, 7.5 points below that line.
The school is in Nassau County, where the median household earns about $89,804 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 21 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is closest to FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Compared with its nearest neighbors, FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.5 to 17.5 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,859
Census ACS
Median income
$89,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
12,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NASSAU
- YULEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,486 students
- WILDLIGHT ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,181 students
- YULEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,174 students
- WEST NASSAU COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 923 students
- HILLIARD MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGHHigh · 773 students
- FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
Other schools in FERNANDINA BEACH
- FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- EMMA LOVE HARDEE ELEMENTARYElementary · 639 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 591 students
- NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLHigh · 76 students
- NASSAU VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 74 students
- CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICESHigh
Nearby schools
- FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 721
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 591
- NASSAU VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.9 mi · 74
- NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 76
- EMMA LOVE HARDEE ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 639
- Saint Marys Elementary School7.5 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 978 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NASSAU.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.