Beachside High School, home of the Barracudas, is the newest high school in St. Johns County. It opened in 2022 to relieve overcrowding at Bartram Trail and Allen D. Nease as the CR-210 corridor filled in with families, and it now anchors the Shearwater and Beachwalk area.
Beachside opened in 2022 at 200 Great Barracuda Way, near CR-210 and I-95, as the district's answer to explosive growth in the northern St. Johns corridor. It pulled students out of Bartram Trail and Nease, both of which had outgrown their buildings, and quickly became the anchor school for the Shearwater and Beachwalk communities. Like every St. Johns County school, it sits in a district rated the best in Florida by most measures.
The school runs three career academies, the Academy of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, the Academy of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and the Academy of Information Technology. Its primary feeder schools are Liberty Pines Academy, Lakeside Academy, and Trout Creek Academy. On the field, the Barracudas reached the FHSAA 5A playoffs in their early seasons under a fast-growing athletics program.
Beachside's attendance zone covers the CR-210 corridor between I-95 and US-1, including the communities that the district moved out of the Bartram Trail and Nease zones when the school opened. Per the district's own attendance-zone plan, the zone includes Shearwater, Cimarrone, South Hampton, and the Beachwalk area, along with Stonehurst Plantation, Johns Creek, and the Twin Creeks and Sandy Creek areas along CR-210.
Because Beachside is the newest school and the district is still adding capacity nearby, including new K-8 academies opening for the 2026-2027 year, the boundaries are still settling. Confirm the assignment for any specific address using the district's official zone locator.
These are the communities we cover that are generally in the Beachside zone. For a full ranked buyer's guide with prices and trade-offs, see the best neighborhoods zoned for Beachside High School.
| Community | Zone note |
|---|---|
| Shearwater | Explicitly named in the Beachside zone |
| Beachwalk | Transferred from Nease to Beachside |
| Cimarrone | Explicitly named in the Beachside zone |
| South Hampton | Explicitly named in the Beachside zone |
| Beacon Lake | Adjacent CR-210 corridor, confirm by address |
Shearwater. A large amenity-rich master-planned community off CR-210, explicitly named in the Beachside attendance zone, with a lazy river, slides, and a fitness lodge. Read the Shearwater guide →
Beachwalk. Home of the Crystal Lagoon, Beachwalk's families moved from Nease to Beachside when the school opened, the community most associated with the school's name. Read the Beachwalk guide →
Cimarrone. An established gated golf community off CR-210 explicitly named in the Beachside zone, older and more wooded than the newer builds around it. Read the Cimarrone guide →
South Hampton. A golf community off CR-210 explicitly named in the Beachside zone, with a Mark McCumber course and no CDD. Read the South Hampton guide →
Beacon Lake. Directly across from Beachwalk with its own Crystal Lagoon, in the immediate Beachside corridor. Confirm the exact assignment by address, as the area sits near zone lines. Read the Beacon Lake guide →
A Beachside assignment carries the St. Johns County school premium, the same demand engine that drives the rest of the county's top zones. Because the zone is anchored by newer master-planned communities like Shearwater and Beachwalk, buyers get a top-district high school paired with resort amenities and newer construction, which keeps in-zone homes moving. Momentum agents average a 97.98 percent sold-to-list ratio and 64 days on market across the metro, against a RealMLS market average closer to 96.73 percent and 72 days year to date, and homes that confirm the zoning box tend to sell faster and hold value better.
Tell us you want Beachside and we build the search around it. First we confirm the current assignment for every address through the district locator, since Beachside is new and listing-site zoning is frequently outdated. Then we flag homes that sit near a zone boundary, where a future rezoning is possible as the district keeps adding capacity. See the full buyer's guide to the Beachside zone for a ranked breakdown, and the St. Johns County schools guide for how the district compares.
Beachside High School's attendance zone includes Shearwater, Beachwalk, Cimarrone, and South Hampton, along with parts of the CR-210 corridor between I-95 and US-1 and areas near Liberty Pines Academy. Beachside opened in 2022 to relieve Bartram Trail and Nease. Because it is the newest school and boundaries are still settling, confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district's official locator.
Beachside High School opened in 2022 as the newest high school in St. Johns County, built to relieve overcrowding at Bartram Trail and Allen D. Nease. Its primary feeder schools are Liberty Pines Academy, Lakeside Academy, and Trout Creek Academy.
Yes. Shearwater is explicitly named in the Beachside High School attendance zone. Confirm the current assignment for a specific Shearwater address with the district, since the community is large and the school is still new.
Beachside High School's mascot is the Barracudas, and the school colors are navy, lime green, and gray. Its main rival is nearby Tocoi Creek High School.
Beachside has three career academies, the Academy of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, the Academy of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and the Academy of Information Technology, alongside the standard St. Johns County curriculum.
Run the exact address through the St. Johns County School District's official online attendance-zone locator, then have your agent confirm it in writing. Because Beachside is the newest school and the district is still adding capacity nearby, listing-site zoning is often outdated.
See how this school compares in our ranking of the best schools in St. Johns County.
Tell us you want to be inside the Beachside boundary and we will build the search around it, confirm the current zone for every address, and move fast when the right home lists.
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