St. Augustine High School (Florida)
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| St. Augustine High School | |
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3205 Varella Avenue St. Augustine postal address , 32084 | |
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| Type | Public School |
| Status | Open |
| School district | St. Johns County School District |
| Superintendent | Tim Forson[1] |
| Principal | Travis Brown |
| Staff | 84.30 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,695 (2023-2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.11[2] |
| Hours in school day | 9:20 a.m. - 3:55 p.m.[3] |
| Color(s) | Maroon █, Gold █ |
| Nickname | Yellow Jackets |
| Rivals | Pedro Menendez Falcons |
| Website | http://www-sahs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/ |
St. Augustine High School is the oldest active public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida, with a St. Augustine postal address.[4] It teaches students in grades 9 through 12. SAHS is home to an athletics department, performing arts department, visual arts department, Aerospace Academy, Teaching Assistant, and Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), and Law and Homeland Security Academy.
In addition to St. Augustine, its attendance boundary includes:[5] Vilano Beach,[6] and the majority of St. Augustine Beach.[7]
Academic programs
[edit]AICE program
[edit]The AICE program, administered by Cambridge International Examinations, has been hosted at SAHS since 1998, and makes advanced college-level courses available to high school students. The program challenges students academically with an accelerated curriculum. The AICE program is a four-year set of courses. 9th and 10th-grade students will be introduced to the ISCE program, then later move to the AICE courses.
The program offers a rigorous international pre-university curriculum and examination system which emphasizes the value of broad and balanced study for academically advanced students. The AICE Diploma is a group certificate which requires students to draw from three curriculum areas. The areas are mathematics and sciences, languages, and arts and humanities. Students must pass a total of six exams with at least one in each of the three curriculum areas.
Students who earn a AICE diploma and have completed 100 hours of community service qualify for the 100% Bright Futures Scholarship, and the SAT/ACT requirement is waived.
Aerospace Academy
[edit]Mission Statement: To provide a supportive small learning community for students to explore careers in aerospace. Student will develop skills that mold them into confident, college-prepared individuals. The Aerospace Academy is affiliated with Embry Riddle University.
Army JROTC
[edit]St. Augustine High School also has its own JROTC battalion. The Jacket Battalion has been an honor unit with distinction for the last five years, gone to state competition for the last five years (unarmed platoon drill), and is the leading battalion in North East Florida and the greater Jacksonville area.
Sports
[edit]Football
[edit]The St. Augustine High School football program has competed in the FHSAA football state playoffs 25 times, making their first appearance in 1972 under coach Herman "Foots" Brumley. Brumley's teams made six playoff appearances from 1972 to 1979, including five consecutive appearances from 1975 to 1979, winning the district championship in all five seasons. The Yellow Jackets had a playoff record of 4–6 under Brumley before his retirement after the 1980 season.[8] The Yellow Jackets saw little success in the period from Brumley's retirement until the late 1990s, with head coach Charles Lopez leading the Yellow Jackets to a lone playoff game in the 1993 season.[8]
In 1996, Joey Wiles was introduced as the new head football coach for St. Augustine. Wiles would head the program for the next 20 seasons and would establish himself as one of the top five winningest coaches in the state. In the 1999 season, the Yellow Jackets returned to the playoffs, marking the start of an 22-season playoff appearance streak which ended in 2021. Two seasons later, only in Wiles's sixth season at the helm, St. Augustine made their first appearance in a state championship game, which they lost 6–38 to Rockledge High School. The Yellow Jackets would finally break through in 2005, going 15–0 and defeating Booker High School 31–15 to claim their first state championship. The Yellow Jackets would return to the championship game two seasons later, but lost to Naples 10–17.[9][8] Since Wiles took over the program in 1996 until his resignation after the 2015 season, the Yellow Jackets went 198–43, including 59–3 against St. Johns County schools, made 17 consecutive playoff appearances, won 14 district titles, – including 11 straight from 2004 to 2014 – achieved 7 undefeated regular seasons, won 50 consecutive district games from 2003 to 2015 – a streak which ranked fourth in state history at the time – and appeared in three state championship games, winning one of them.[9]
Brian Braddock was hired following Wiles's departure after the 2015 season to take the job of Assistant Athletic Director at Flagler College. In his first season leading the team, the Yellow Jackets reclaimed the district title and reached the region finals of the playoffs, St. Augustine's best playoff result since 2010.
The Yellow Jackets play at Joey Wiles–Walt Slater Field at H. L. "Foots" Brumley Stadium.[10]
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (July 2025) |
- Ronald L. Bailey, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps
- Brandon James, former Indianapolis Colts and Edmonton Eskimos football player
- Scott Player, former NFL punter
- Austin Reed, college football quarterback for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
- Caleb Sturgis, former NFL kicker
- Steven L. Sears, television writer/producer
References
[edit]- ^ Tim Forson (August 10, 2015). "Superintendent's Welcome Letter" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c "ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ "St. Augustine High School Bell Schedule 2015-2016" (PDF). www-sahs.stjohns.k12.fl.us. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ Compare the address to the zoning map: "Home". St. Augustine High School. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
3205 Varella Avenue St. Augustine, FL 32084
The school is not in the St. Augustine City limits: "Zoning Map". City of St. Augustine. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - ^ "2022 - 2023 St. Johns County School Attendance Zones St. Augustine High School" (PDF). St. Johns County School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Vilano Beach CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2022. - Compare to the school boundary maps.
- ^ "Land Use Map" (PDF). St. Augustine Beach. March 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2021. - Also see the 2020 Census Map - Compare to the school boundary maps.
- ^ a b c "FHSAA Playoff Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ a b Barney, Justin (March 4, 2016). "St. Augustine football coach Joey Wiles resigns after 20 years". jacksonville.com. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ r"High Schools Notebook: St. Augustine names field for Wiles, Slater". jacksonville.com. The Florida-Times Union. September 7, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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