St. Augustine High, 3205 Varella Ave.: grades 9 to 12, 1,717 students in 2024-25, an A in 2026 and the zoned school for the south end of PV Boulevard.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, the St. Johns County School District’s school directory, attendance zone page, school hours and 2026-27 calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and the FHSAA.

St. Augustine High School is a St. Johns County School District high school for grades 9 through 12 at 3205 Varella Ave., St. Augustine. Most of Ponte Vedra Beach is zoned for Ponte Vedra High, but the district’s zone map puts the south end of Ponte Vedra Boulevard in the St. Augustine High zone.

Who to call
Address 3205 Varella Ave., St. Augustine, FL 32084
Phone 904-547-8530
Grades 9 to 12
School day 9:20 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.
District St. Johns County School District
2026 state grade A

Principal

Principal Travis Brown, according to the school’s staff page and the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal count was 1,717 students in the 2024-25 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 21 students per teacher.

The district’s own first-day count for 2026-27 was 1,650 students on Aug. 10, 2026, according to its opening-day report.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F each year. The grade is the share of possible points a school earns on state test results and learning gains and, for high schools, the graduation rate and college and career acceleration, according to the Florida Department of Education.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (66% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 B

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 73%
  • Math: 56%
  • Science: 82%
  • Social studies: 84%
  • Graduation rate (2024-25): 93%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 68% of graduates

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable grades file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s 2026-27 Attendance Zone Locator or browse the 2026-27 zone maps.

We checked every St. Johns County address point with a Ponte Vedra Beach mailing city against the zone map on Oct. 10, 2026. 637 of them are in the St. Augustine High zone, mostly along the south end of Ponte Vedra Boulevard and the side streets off it, such as Sand Isles Circle and Turtle Cove Court. The other 14,559 are in the Ponte Vedra High zone.

Those 637 addresses are zoned for Ketterlinus Elementary and Sebastian Middle on the same map, both in St. Augustine. The district does not publish a separate feeder list.

The zone changes the School Board took up for 2026-27 drew zones for two new K-8 schools, known as QQ and RR; the district’s rezoning presentation does not name St. Augustine High.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 master calendar, board approved Sept. 11, 2025:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: teacher planning day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: first semester ends; every school lets out one hour early
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 15-19: spring break
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day for students, one hour early

The school day runs 9:20 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with dismissal at 2:50 p.m. on Wednesdays, according to the district’s school hours page.

Programs

The district’s Career and Technical Education site lists four career academies at St. Augustine High: the Academy of Advanced Automation Technology, the Academy of Aviation and Aerospace, the Academy of Law and Homeland Security and the St. Johns County Academy of Future Teachers. The district also lists AICE, Army JROTC, the St. Johns County Center for the Arts and the First Coast Technical College Early Career Program at the school. Students from anywhere in the district may apply through the programs of choice process.

Sports and activities

The teams are the Yellow Jackets. In football, St. Augustine plays in Class 4A, Region 1, District 4 for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, according to the Florida High School Athletic Association’s finalized football classifications. The other schools in that district are Clay (Green Cove Springs), Fleming Island, Middleburg, Orange Park and Ridgeview (Orange Park).

The school’s athletics site lists boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, swimming, volleyball, girls weightlifting and wrestling.

Follow local results on our high school scoreboard and Friday night football page.

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Frequently asked questions

Which part of Ponte Vedra Beach is zoned for St. Augustine High?

On the district’s 2026-27 zone map, 637 addresses with a Ponte Vedra Beach mailing city, at the south end of Ponte Vedra Boulevard, are zoned for St. Augustine High. The rest of Ponte Vedra Beach is zoned for Ponte Vedra High.

What grades does St. Augustine High serve?

Grades 9 through 12, at 3205 Varella Ave., St. Augustine. Call 904-547-8530.

What is St. Augustine High’s school grade?

St. Augustine High earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 66% of possible points. It also earned an A in 2025.

What time does St. Augustine High start?

Classes run 9:20 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with a 2:50 p.m. dismissal on Wednesdays, according to the district’s school hours page.