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What's the one class at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
793
Middle
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030000317
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1220 BONAVENTURE AVE, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL 32043 · (904) 336-5175 · Clay County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
369 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 387 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 406 | 51% |
Student demographics
55%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
65.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
77.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.1pp 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 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 77.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 73.8% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 793 | 46.5% | 69.1% |
| STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL STUART | 777 | 47.2% | 56.4% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 933 | 46.8% | 54.1% |
| SEBASTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 690 | 47.7% | 68.5% |
| CITRUS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 752 | 44.5% | 59.0% |
| TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 649 | 46.1% | 59.7% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #99 of 560 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #89 of 560 ▲ 14 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #141 of 560 ▼ 22 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #298 of 584 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #84 of 547 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #323 of 553 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #348 of 565 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #107 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
793
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 793 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 47% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 43.6 | 18.2:1 | 43% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 38% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 31% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 39% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 34% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 878 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 29% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 945 | 53 | 17.8:1 | 28% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 28 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
This page covers GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school in GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Florida. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 793 students on the rolls.
The district for GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is CLAY, with 50 schools and 39,116 students.
Of every 100 students at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 64 are White. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 16.9:1, based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL counts 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of Florida public middle schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.9%. GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 69.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Clay County show that the median household earns about $87,820 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Clay County has 55 public schools with about 38,806 students, including GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, AMIKIDS CLAY COUNTY is about 0.4 miles from GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The school's 69.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 780 in 2020-21 to 793 in 2024-25, a change of 13 students. The school's ratio dropped from 18.1:1 to 16.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in GREEN COVE SPRINGS
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 940 students
- LAKE ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 698 students
- SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
Nearby schools
- AMIKIDS CLAY COUNTY0.4 mi · 32
- CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 564
- R. C. BANNERMAN LEARNING CENTER0.5 mi · 211
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,776
- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 698
- SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 1,282
Frequently asked questions
About GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 793 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 16.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CLAY in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.