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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
575
High
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULF·NCES 120069000868
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL
100 SHARK DR, PORT ST JOE, FL 32456 · (850) 229-8251 · Gulf County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
216 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 6 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 13% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
53.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 52.2% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 575 | 37.6% | 53.6% |
| UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE BUTLER | 606 | 38.8% | 59.0% |
| TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL TRENTON | 701 | 40.2% | 62.3% |
| NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL CENTURY | 527 | 34.5% | 39.6% |
| RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE SEMINOLE | 546 | 35.7% | 58.1% |
| FREEPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FREEPORT | 677 | 39.3% | 73.9% |
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 PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #264 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #85 of 549 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #316 of 559 ▼ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #474 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #20 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #437 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #387 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #140 of 246 |
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
575
+71 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 575 | 39.7 | 14.5:1 | 38% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 33.7 | 15.3:1 | 42% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 31.7 | 16.1:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 40% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 46% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 49% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 39% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 28% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 45 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL.
About PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school found in PORT ST JOE, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 575 students. The average among high schools in Florida is roughly 1,035 students; this school is 44% smaller than that.
GULF has 5 schools and 1,901 students, and PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is 71% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.5:1, with 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is 38%.
allk12 grades PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL would score about 62.4%. It scores 53.6%, 8.8 points below that figure.
Gulf County census figures show that the median household income is $61,179, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 7 public schools in Gulf County, enrolling about 1,901 students in all.
The shortest distance from PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to PREK ESE. Other public schools within five miles: 2. PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL climbed 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 504 to 575 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
The PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Gulf County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,131
Census ACS
Median income
$61,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GULF
- WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 426 students
- PREK ESECombined · 24 students
- GULF APEXHigh
- GULF VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
Other schools in PORT ST JOE
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- PREK ESECombined · 24 students
- GULF APEXHigh
- GULF VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
Nearby schools
- PREK ESE0.1 mi · 24
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 428
- APALACHICOLA BAY CHARTER SCHOOL18.5 mi · 356
- WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL22.6 mi · 426
- WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.6 mi · 448
- FRANKLIN COUNTY LEARNING CENTER25.0 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-12.
Is PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL?
At PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by GULF in Gulf County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.