St. Johns County is home to a number of public schools: 18 elementary, seven K-8, seven middle and nine high schools. It also has one technical center, three charter schools, two alternative schools and one virtual school.
This year, the school district will open two additional K-8 schools: Trout Island Academy and Lakeside Academy. Here is a brief look at each.
Trout Creek Academy will be located on about 26.5 acres at 855 Timberwolf Trail, St. Augustine. That’s in the Shearwater development. It will accommodate about 1,500 students. The principal will be Katie O’Connell.
Lakeside Academy will be located on about 40 acres at 1455 Twin Creeks Drive, St. Augustine. That’s in the Beacon Lake portion of the Twin Creeks development. It will also accommodate about 1,500 students. The principal will be Jesse Gates.
Both schools will have 32 primary classrooms, 22 intermediate classrooms, six science labs, resource rooms, skills labs, exceptional education spaces, art rooms, music rooms, physical education spaces, vocational education labs, a media center and support spaces, an administrative suite, food service and dining facilities, a stage, a multipurpose room, student and public restrooms and custodial spaces.
But as the population continues to grow here, so does the need for ever more schools.
An as-yet unnamed K-8 school is scheduled to open for the 2025-26 academic year on about 32 acres at 2505 RiverTown Main St., St. Johns. That is within the RiverTown development. This school will convert to a middle school upon completion of an elementary school within RiverTown. It will accommodate about 1,100 students.
In addition, two more K-8 schools are planned to open for the 2026-27 academic year: one within the Silverleaf development and the other in Seabrook (formerly Snowden Village) in Nocatee. Each will accommodate about 1,500 students.
