Pedro Menendez High School

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.

Pedro Menendez High School
Address
600 State Road 206 West. St. Augustine , Florida 32086 United States
Coordinates	29°45′24.80″N 81°19′57.37″W
Information
Type	Public school
Motto	Latin: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (Not for school, but for life, we learn.)
Established	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Status	Open
School district	St. Johns County School District
Superintendent	Tim Forson[1]
School number	401[2]
Dean	Yanetta Arnold, Kevin Leonard
Principal	Ted Banton
Staff	74.00 (FTE)[3]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,485 (2023-2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	20.07[3]
Hours in school day	9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.[4]
Campus size	100 acres (0.40 km2)[5]
Campus type	Rural
Colour(s)	Royal blue and Vegas gold
Nickname	Falcons
Rival	St. Augustine High School
Website	www-pmhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us

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]

Attendance boundary

Communities within the school's attendance boundary include:^[9] Butler Beach,^[10] Crescent Beach,^[11] Flagler Estates,^[12] Hastings,^[13] Marineland,^[14] St. Augustine Shores,^[15] and St. Augustine South.^[16] It also includes a small portion of St. Augustine Beach.^[17]

Advanced scholarship

The Advanced Scholars program gives students the option to participate in the rigorous programs of advanced placement, dual enrollment and honors courses. After two years of preliminary work, the school was approved for the International Baccalaureate Program, beginning in the Fall of 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• Willie Harvey Jr., NFL player
• Travis Hutson, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Tony Steward, former linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints; winner of the 2010 Dick Butkus Award, given annually to the top high school linebacker in the country