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600 State Road 206 West. , 32086 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°45′24.80″N 81°19′57.37″W / 29.7568889°N 81.3326028°W |
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| Type | Public school |
| Motto | Latin: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (Not for school, but for life, we learn.) |
| Established | 2000 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | St. Johns County School District |
| Superintendent | Tim Forson[2] |
| School number | 401[1] |
| Dean | Yanetta Arnold, Kevin Leonard |
| Principal | Ted Banton |
| Staff | 76.40 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,519 (2022-23)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.88[3] |
| Hours in school day | 9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.[5] |
| Campus size | 100 acres (0.40 km2)[4] |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue and Vegas Gold |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Rival | St. Augustine High School |
| Website | www-pmhs |
Pedro Menendez High School is a public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in southern St. Johns County, Florida, United States. It was named for Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a sixteenth-century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter who founded St. Augustine, the first permanent European settlement and oldest port city in what is now the continental United States, on August 28, 1565.
It has a student body of over 1,300 students. The school building is a two-story octagon with an open courtyard in the center. The gymnasium and auditorium are attached on the east and west sides, respectively. The school was built simultaneously with Bartram Trail High School; Menendez was intended to relieve overcrowding at St. Augustine High School. The school opened August 28, 2000,[6] and graduated its first class in 2001.
The curriculum offers academy programs in the areas of business & computer technology, health science, and architectural & building sciences.[7][8]
- ^ ""School Accountability Reports" at schoolgrades.fldoe.org".
- ^ "School Improvement Plan" (PDF). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
- ^ a b c "PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Norma: "Perspective: Ponte Vedra high school issue like growing ivy" St. Augustine Record, July 9, 2004
- ^ "Pedro Menendez High School 2021-2022 Regular Bell Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Miller, Josh:"Learning Legacy: A brief history of Pedro Menendez High School" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, December 21, 2001
- ^ "Construction career pathway open house planned at Menendez" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, November 15, 2003
- ^ Pounder, Lory: "Menendez classes open new career paths" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, December 6, 2003