Jones High

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At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
  • 2 calculus classes · 12 physics · 20 chemistry
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: 93rd percentile by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 90% (2023-24, Florida DOE School Grades)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Jones High compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: EDGEWATER HIGH, MAYNARD EVANS HIGH, WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Moderate — some AP / advanced course access

Bottom 47% of US high schools

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
Advanced math classes
11
2 calculus · 9 advanced
Lab science classes
32
12 physics · 20 chemistry
Other rigor signals
Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

93rd percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
533
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
32.2
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
31.4%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

68.1%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

University of Florida

24%
admit rate
$6,381
in-state tuition/yr · $28,659 out-of-state
1300–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

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Florida's public scholarships

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Merit Bright Futures (FAS & FMS)
75%–100% of in-state public-college tuition (by tier)
GPA: 3.0 weighted (Medallion) / 3.5 weighted (Academic Scholar) Test: SAT/ACT + community-service hours (varies by tier) Income: No income limit

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Florida School Grade

Florida's official A–F school grade.

Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.

FLDOE Grade
C
2023-24
Points Earned
55%
of total possible (A ≥ 62%)
Graduation Rate
90%
4-year federal rate
College & Career Ready
31%
earned college credit or a credential
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A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.

Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
413:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
4.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
81
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 341 in 2021 to 352 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+3.2%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,653 students:

2025
1,642
2027
1,621
2029
1,600

≈ 53 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $14,074 per student in district revenue, the 53 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $745,922/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

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EDGEWATER HIGH
ORLANDO
Public 3.4 2,000 +0.4%
MAYNARD EVANS HIGH
ORLANDO
Public 4.3 2,345 -0.6%
WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH
ORLANDO
Public 2.3 2,650 -6.9%
OAK RIDGE HIGH
ORLANDO
Public 4.3 2,553 +1.2%
INNOVATION HIGH
ORLANDO
Public 12.9 1,753 —
WEKIVA HIGH
APOPKA
Public 8.5 2,148 +2.1%
LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL
LONGWOOD
Public 11.2 2,026 +0.6%
LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
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Public 10.6 2,140 +90.7%

At a glance

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Jones High is a public high school in Orlando, FL, enrolling 1,653 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is up 3% from 2021 to 2024.

533 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 93% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 98% in the latest EDFacts release.

Florida gave it a school grade of C with a graduation rate of 90%.

It has about 413 students per school counselor.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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What is Jones High's graduation rate? Jones High's federal four-year graduation rate was about 98% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Jones High? Jones High is a public high school in Orlando, FL, enrolling 1,653 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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