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Enrollment
1,765
High
DISTRICT 1,164 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030004062
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL
2233 VILLAGE SQUARE PKWY, ORANGE PARK, FL 32003 · (904) 336-7500 · Clay County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,765 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 90% of Florida public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.8:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
541 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 422 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 418 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 468 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 437 | 25% |
Student demographics
53%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
76.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 82.0% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,765 | 30.7% | 79.3% |
| MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 2,210 | 29.2% | 56.5% |
| J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 1,629 | 32.0% | 52.5% |
| OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOL OVIEDO | 2,312 | 31.5% | 64.2% |
| RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SARASOTA | 2,637 | 30.3% | 60.8% |
| RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,798 | 26.5% | 55.2% |
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 FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #56 of 555 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #69 of 549 ▼ 38 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #82 of 559 ▼ 13 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,765 | #220 of 830 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #110 of 575 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #366 of 594 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #472 of 630 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #65 of 289 | 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
1,765
-207 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 2,131
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
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 | 1,765 | 93.7 | 18.8:1 | 31% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 1,862 | 94.6 | 19.7:1 | 25% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 1,889 | 94.2 | 20.1:1 | 21% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 1,972 | 101 | 19.5:1 | 15% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 2,203 | 108 | 20.4:1 | 18% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 2,232 | 110 | 20.3:1 | 17% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 2,131 | 121 | 17.6:1 | 12% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in ORANGE PARK, Florida. The school's enrollment of 1,765 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 71% higher than the average for high schools in Florida, which is about 1,035.
The 50 schools in CLAY enroll 39,116 students altogether, FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL among them.
White students account for 66% of enrollment at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, about 70% of residents are White. FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL employs 93.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.8:1. That ratio is under the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 31% in 2024-25. Public schools in Clay County average 54%.
Measured against Florida public high schools, FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.3% is 13.5 points above the 65.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Clay County has about 227,584 residents, and median household income is about $87,820, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Clay County number 55 and enroll about 38,806.
The shortest distance from FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is 4th among 8 schools close by.
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,972 in 2020-21 and 1,765 in 2024-25, a decrease of 207 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,139 students
Other schools in ORANGE PARK
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,022 students
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARYElementary · 915 students
- PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 915 students
Nearby schools
- THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 756
- ROBERT M. PATERSON ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 665
- ST JOHNS CLASSICAL ACADEMY1.3 mi · 978
- FLEMING ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 629
- SWIMMING PEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 496
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY4.1 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,765 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 18.8:1 (94 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL in?
FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is part of CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.