St. Johns County School District Receives A Grade for 2022-23 School Year

In December, the Florida Department of Education released district and school grades for the 2022-23 school year, and the St. Johns County School District once again received an overall A grade from the assessment. This past year, the Florida Department of Education transitioned from using traditional high-stakes testing to now using Florida’s Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), a progress-monitoring system that provides teachers, students and parents real-time, immediate and actionable data at the beginning, middle and end of the school year to drive student improvement. Florida is the first state in the nation to make such a transition for school assessments, and this year’s scores will be used as a baseline for future years.

For this year’s assessments, the St. Johns County School District received the highest overall point total in the region, and the second-highest overall point total in the state. The scoring categories included English language arts achievement, mathematics achievement, science achievement, social studies achievement, middle school acceleration, college and career acceleration, and graduation rate. The St. Johns County School District received the highest overall point total in the state for English language arts achievement, mathematics achievement, science achievement and social studies achievement.

For the St. Johns County School District, 42 schools were evaluated – 19 elementary schools, seven middle schools, eight high schools, and eight schools that have a combination of grade levels. The percentage of St. Johns County schools in each category that received an overall grade of A or B was 100% for the middle, high and combination schools and 84% for the elementary schools. Of all St. Johns County schools evaluated, 93% received an overall grade of A or B.

“St. Johns County’s excellent public school system is a major attraction for businesses looking to relocate here to the county,” said Colin Groff, Deputy County Administrator for St. Johns County. “We are proud of our school district and the excellent work they are doing to provide high-quality, top-ranked education for our students.”

Visit the following link for the full assessment reports. – www.fldoe.org/accountability/accountability-reporting/school-grades