PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL

As a mid-sized secondary school in ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL works with 1,403 students from grades 8 through 12, overseen by ST. JOHNS. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

ST. JOHNS comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 52,383 students; PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL logs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Johns County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Johns County put median household earnings sit near $109,839, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Johns County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,895 students), PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GAMBLE ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,371 students in 2018 to 1,403 in 2025.

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