The student count for the St. Johns County School District (SJCSD) the first day of school, August 11, was 47,652, an increase of 214 students or 0.45% over last year’s first day number of 47,438.
The high school student count was 16,265 with 2,100 students at Bartram Trail High School, 2,277 at Beachside High School, 2,265 at Creekside High School, 1,280 at Pedro Menendez High School, 2,199 at Allen D. Nease High School, 1,843 at Ponte Vedra High School, 1,559 at St. Augustine High School and 2,585 at Tocoi Creek High School. There were also 157 students in attendance at St. Johns Technical High School.
Middle school attendance totaled 6,457 with student headcounts ranging from 590 at Sebastian Middle School to 1,479 at Pacetti Bay Middle School. The other first day totals were Alice B. Landrum Middle School with 845, Fruit Cove Middle School with 1,169, R. J. Murray Middle School with 631, Gamble Rogers Middle School with 749, and Switzerland Point Middle School with 994.
The district’s K-8 schools totaled 13,517. Liberty Pines Academy had a first day headcount of 1,542, Patriot Oaks Academy with 1,268, Valley Ridge Academy with 992, Freedom Crossing Academy with 1,144, Palm Valley Academy with 1,296, Mill Creek Academy with 1,774, Pine Island Academy with 1,854, Trout Creek Academy with 1,239, Lakeside Academy with 1,466 and Hallowes Cove Academy with 942.
The elementary school population totaled 10,504. This count only includes approximately 25% of all kindergarten students since schools stagger the kindergarten start date over a four-day period. Another 909 students attended the district’s alternative and charter schools.
SJCSD staff will continue to monitor attendance numbers, balance classrooms and refine bus routes in the coming weeks.