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Enrollment
1,282
Middle
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHNS·NCES 120174002898
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
777 GREENBRIAR RD, SAINT JOHNS, FL 32259 · (904) 547-8650 · St. Johns County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,282 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
91 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 6 | 354 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 366 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 562 | 44% |
Student demographics
45%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
79.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
88.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 88.8% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 86.2% |
% 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
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,282 | 7.1% | 83.4% |
| ALICE B. LANDRUM MIDDLE SCHOOL PONTE VEDRA BEACH | 918 | 7.7% | 85.8% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
| COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 860 | 13.0% | 80.8% |
| HAMLIN MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 953 | 8.7% | 72.2% |
| PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,481 | 19.5% | 76.6% |
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 SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Johns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #22 of 560 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #29 of 560 ▲ 4 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #32 of 560 ▲ 8 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,282 | #39 of 584 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #345 of 547 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #423 of 553 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.1% | #560 of 565 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #318 of 379 | #3 of 6 |
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
1,282
+134 (+12%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 1,377
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 1,282 | 64 | 20.0:1 | 7% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 1,513 | 78 | 19.4:1 | 4% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 1,430 | 76 | 18.8:1 | 5% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 1,148 | 62 | 18.5:1 | 8% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 1,348 | 68 | 19.8:1 | 9% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 1,227 | 63 | 19.5:1 | 10% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 976 | 44 | 22.2:1 | 7% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 1,377 | 61 | 22.6:1 | 7% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
At 777 GREENBRIAR RD in SAINT JOHNS, Florida, SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a large middle school. It has an enrollment of 1,282 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 53 schools run by ST. JOHNS, which serves 52,383 students.
More than half of the students at SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (73%). Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 45%.
There are 64 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.0:1. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. On the income side, 7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 21% average for public schools in St. Johns County, the school's rate is lower.
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Florida public middle schools.
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 83.4% and a predicted 77.6%.
The county, St. Johns County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $109,839, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 68 public schools and about 52,895 students.
Of the public schools around it, SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 79.3%, lower than SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL's 83.4%.
In the federal locale system, SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 18.5 to 20.0 over 4 years.
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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 SAINT JOHNS
- CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,479 students
- BEACHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,214 students
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- LIBERTY PINES ACADEMYElementary · 1,795 students
- PATRIOT OAKS ACADEMYElementary · 1,473 students
- FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- HICKORY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 669
- CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 730
- BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 2,153
- FREEDOM CROSSING ACADEMY3.8 mi · 1,964
- ROBERT M. PATERSON ELEMENTARY4.0 mi · 665
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,765
Frequently asked questions
About SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,282 students in grades 06-08.
Is SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.0:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ST. JOHNS in St. Johns County.
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