St. Johns County School District

School district in Florida, United States

St. Johns County School District


Location
40 Orange Street, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, 32084 United States
District information
Motto	Excellence in Public Education Since 1869.^[2]
Established	1869 (1869)
Superintendent	Tim Forson
Schools	47^[1]
Students and staff
Students	44,550
Teachers	2,475^[1]
Other information
Website	www.stjohns.k12.fl.us

St. Johns County School District (SJCSD) is the public school district for St. Johns County, Florida.

It is the sole school district in the county.^[3]

History

1866 – St. Joseph Academy was founded and is the oldest Catholic high school in Florida.
1924 – Hastings High School is opened for farm children in the southwest corner of St. Johns county
1959 – St. Augustine High School is the St. Johns county public high school
1981 – Nease High School was opened to alleviate overcrowding at SAHS.
2000 – Pedro Menendez High School and Bartram Trail High School are opened to alleviate overcrowding at SAHS and Nease, respectively.
2008 – Creekside High School and Ponte Vedra High School are opened to alleviate overcrowding at Bartram Trail and Nease, respectively.
2021 – Tocoi Creek High School, in the World Golf Village area of the county, opened to students in Fall 2021.
2022 – Beachside High School, opened in Fall 2022 on CR-210

School board

The county administrative offices are located at 40 Orange Street in St. Augustine, Florida. The superintendent of SJCSD is Mr. Tim Forson, who administrates the daily operation of public schools in the county. The position of superintendent is appointed by the St. Johns County School Board, a body of five elected officers, each board member representing a specific geographic area. The current School Board members, in order of district number, are Beverly Slough, Anthony E. Coleman Sr., Bill Mignon, Kelly Barrera, and Patrick Canan. Board members are elected in staggered four years terms with 2-term limits; districts 1, 3 & 5 elected during midterm election cycles (next in 2026) and districts 2 & 4 elected during presidential cycles (next in 2024).

Growth

With the tremendous population growth, the number of St. Johns County academic high schools tripled between 2000 and 2008. For the 2007-2008 school year, the district had an enrollment of 27,514 students, which according to the St. Augustine Record continued its ranking as "one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state" of Florida.^[4] That figure reflected a four percent increase (1,040 students) from the previous year.^[4]


Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Enrollment	20,918	21,910	23,090	24,320	25,757	26,474	27,514

FCAT

Florida Public K-12 Schools are graded based on data from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) provided by Florida Department of Education. St. Johns County schools received the following marks:^[5]


Grade	"A"	"B"	"C"	"D"	"F"
Schools	23	5	1	0	0

Schools

High schools

K-8 schools (Academies)

Freedom Crossing
Liberty Pines
Mill Creek
Palm Valley
Patriot Oaks
Pine Island
Valley Ridge

Middle schools

Alice B. Landrum
Fruit Cove
Gamble Rogers
Pacetti Bay
R. J. Murray
Sebastian
Switzerland Point

Elementary schools

Cunningham Creek
Durbin Creek
Hickory Creek
John A. Crookshank
Julington Creek
Ketterlinus
Ocean Palms
Osceola
Otis A. Mason
Palencia
Picolata Crossing
R. B. Hunt
PVPV-Rawlings
South Woods
- It was provisionally named "School J".^[6]
The Webster School
Timberlin Creek
Wards Creek
W. D. Hartley

Alternative schools

Gaines Alternative School at the Evelyn B. Hamblen Center
Transition School at the Evelyn B. Hamblen Center

Former schools

Hastings High School - Closed in 1985^[7]
Hastings Elementary-Junior High School - Opened in the former Hastings High in 1985, replacing the former Hastings Elementary School. In 1992 it ended its junior high school program, with the new name being Hastings Elementary School.^[7] In 2005 it closed, replaced by South Woods Elementary.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "About US" SJCSD website
^ "Home | St. Johns County School District". Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ "2020 Census – School District Reference Map: St. Johns County, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
^ ^a ^b Perhach, Paulette (September 25, 2007). "Schools' explosive growth continues". The St. Augustine Record. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
^ Florida Department of Education: FCAT results-School Grades by District
^ "Home". St. Johns County School District. April 4, 2005. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Background Information of Wildcat Country". Hastings Elementary School. February 2, 1999. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ "Resolution No. 2005-329" (PDF). St. John's County Clerk. Retrieved December 4, 2021.