FCAT

The FCAT grades for St. Johns County were just released. Click here to view the grades for all schools in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. Here's how the St. Johns County schools in the area scored:

Elementary

Crookshank Elementary-A

Cunningham Creek Elementary-A

Durbin Creek Elementary-A

Hickory Creek Elementary-A

Julington Creek Elementary-A

Ketterlinus Elementary-A

Marjorie K Rawlings-Ponte Elementary-A

Mill Creek Elementary-A

Ocean Palms Elementary-n/a

From the St. Johns County School District:

On the recently-released Spring Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) retakes, St. Johns County placed fourth in the state in the percentage of students passing the reading portion of the test and tenth overall in students passing the math portion of the FCAT.

Students must pass the FCAT in order to graduate and are given several opportunities during their junior and senior years to take the test again if they didn’t pass it on their initial attempt.

Compared to last year’s results, St. Johns County moved up from 28th place to fourth place in reading and from 16th place to tenth place in math in the statewide percentage of juniors and seniors passing the Spring FCAT.

These figures reflect an 11 percent increase in the reading pass rate and a 10 percent increase in the math pass rate.

“We’re very pleased to see our students be successful on the retakes,” said Superintendent Joseph Joyner. “These positive trends indicate that our teachers are preparing our students well for their next step after high school.”

He added, “I am especially proud of the staff of our high schools for their dedication and persistence in helping students who previously struggled on the FCAT. This is a testament to the fact that we do not give up on children.”

St. Johns County had 475 high school students who retook the reading portion of the FCAT this spring to fulfill graduation requirements. Of that total, 28.5 percent of the students passed the exam. This is the same number of students who took the reading FCAT last spring.

There were also 177 students who retook the math portion of the FCAT. Of that total, 46.5 percent passed the exam. This figure represents a 17 percent decline in the number of students who took the math FCAT this spring.