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Enrollment
1,924
High
DISTRICT 1,149 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174007246
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL
460 DAVIS PARK RD, PONTE VEDRA, FL 32081 · (904) 547-7350 · St. Johns County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,924 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Florida public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
68 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 493 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 453 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 506 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 470 | 24% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
87.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.5% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
88.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (88.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,924 | 3.5% | 88.1% |
| BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 2,153 | 5.2% | 77.7% |
| LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,881 | 10.7% | 68.7% |
| BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 2,214 | 8.4% | 75.8% |
| VIERA HIGH SCHOOL VIERA | 2,334 | 14.8% | 68.1% |
| PLANT HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 2,391 | 14.3% | 70.0% |
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 PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.1% | #25 of 555 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #23 of 549 ▼ 7 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #34 of 559 ▲ 16 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,924 | #185 of 830 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #381 of 575 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #511 of 594 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.5% | #623 of 630 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #148 of 246 | 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
1,924
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 1,450
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 1,924 | 81 | 23.8:1 | 4% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 1,928 | 85.6 | 22.5:1 | 2% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 1,928 | 84.2 | 22.9:1 | 2% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 1,914 | 81 | 23.6:1 | 4% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 1,772 | 76 | 23.3:1 | 6% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 1,629 | 73 | 22.3:1 | 6% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 1,450 | 69 | 21.0:1 | 5% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL.
About PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in ST. JOHNS, located in PONTE VEDRA, Florida. The school covers grades 8 through 12 and reported 1,924 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 86% larger than that mark.
The district for PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL is ST. JOHNS, with 53 schools and 52,383 students.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is in line with St. Johns County, where about 79% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1, with 81 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is close to this figure. The school has 4% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Johns County, the average is 21%.
On the allk12 Grade, PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 92% of Florida public high schools.
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 88.1% is 8.7 points above the 79.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in St. Johns County, where the median household earns about $109,839 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Johns County, 68 public schools serve about 52,895 students.
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PALM VALLEY ACADEMY, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL had 1,914 students in 2020-21 and 1,924 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page is set up for the PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Johns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,934
Census ACS
Median income
$109,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
52,895 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. JOHNS
- TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,616 students
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,479 students
- BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,214 students
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- MILL CREEK ACADEMYElementary · 1,983 students
Other schools in PONTE VEDRA
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- PALM VALLEY ACADEMYElementary · 1,408 students
- VALLEY RIDGE ACADEMYElementary · 1,178 students
Nearby schools
- PALM VALLEY ACADEMY0.9 mi · 1,408
- OCEAN PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 386
- ALICE B. LANDRUM MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 918
- VALLEY RIDGE ACADEMY3.7 mi · 1,178
- ALLEN D NEASE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 2,177
- PINE ISLAND ACADEMY4.5 mi · 1,972
Frequently asked questions
About PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL?
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,924 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL?
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. JOHNS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.