FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, an average-sized four-year high school in FERNANDINA BEACH, Florida, overseen by NASSAU, instructs 978 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

NASSAU runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 12,575 students. FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.8%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Nassau County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,804, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Nassau County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,575 students), of which FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 70.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 954 (now 978). Class-load math has fell: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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