FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in SAINT JOHNS, Florida, part of ST. JOHNS. Current enrollment sits at 1,157 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 794.

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

Looking at the student body, FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below St. Johns County's rate of about 21%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.8%; this one delivers 82.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Johns County put median household earnings sit near $109,839, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, St. Johns County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), of which FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

DURBIN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 76.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 3%, going from 1,190 students in 2018 to 1,157 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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