Santa Rosa Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Gulf Breeze Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
2. A+ Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise (K-12 school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Gulf Breeze Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
4. A Oriole Beach Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A- East Bay K 8 School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
6. A- Gulf Breeze High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
7. A- Navarre High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
8. A- Thomas L Sims Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
9. A- Pace High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
10. A- Holley Navarre Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)

High schools (6)

• A- Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze
• D+ High Road, Milton
• C+ Jay High School, Jay
• B- Milton High School, Milton
• A- Navarre High School, Navarre
• A- Pace High School, Pace

Middle and junior high schools (10)

• B- Avalon Middle School, Milton
• A Gulf Breeze Middle School, Gulf Breeze
• C+ Hobbs Middle School, Milton
• B+ Holley Navarre Intermediate, Navarre
• A- Holley Navarre Middle School, Navarre
• C Martin Luther King Middle School, Milton
• B S S Dixon Intermediate School, Pace
• A- Thomas L Sims Middle School, Pace
• B+ West Navarre Intermediate School, Navarre
• B+ Woodlawn Beach Middle School, Gulf Breeze

Elementary and primary schools (13)

• D Bagdad Elementary School, Milton
• C- Bennett C Russell Elementary School, Milton
• B- Berryhill Elementary School, Milton
• B+ Chumuckla Elementary School, Jay
• D+ East Milton Elementary School, Milton
• A+ Gulf Breeze Elementary School, Gulf Breeze
• Holley Navarre Primary, Navarre
• B- Jay Elementary School, Jay
• A Oriole Beach Elementary School, Gulf Breeze
• C Pea Ridge Elementary School, Pace
• S S Dixon Primary School, Pace
• C- W H Rhodes Elementary School, Milton
• West Navarre Primary School, Navarre

Other schools and academies (8)

• B- Central School, Milton
• C- Coastal Connections Academy, Tampa
• A- East Bay K 8 School, Gulf Breeze
• Ese Development Center, Milton
• F Learning Academy Of Santa Rosa, Milton
• Santa Rosa Online Virtual Instruction Program, Milton
• A+ Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise, Milton
• T R Jackson PREK Center, Milton

Cities and towns served (6)

• Milton (16)
• Gulf Breeze (6)
• Navarre (6)
• Pace (5)
• Jay (3)
• Tampa (1)

• State: Best schools in Florida
• County: Santa Rosa County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 29,824 students with 1,655 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,025 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 1201650
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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