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Location Map GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL 32043 Clay County
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District Poverty Rate 9.8% (data source)
Non-White Students 43.6% (data source)
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Last Updated December 1, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (54)
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J.l. Wilkinson Elementary School
Argyle Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Charles E. Bennett Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Clay Charter AcademyStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Clay High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 5
Clay Hill Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Doctors Inlet Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Keystone Heights ElementaryStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Keystone Heights Junior-Senior HighStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Lake Asbury Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Lake Asbury Junior High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Lakeside Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Middleburg Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 3
Middleburg High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Montclair Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Orange Park High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Orange Park Junior High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Plantation Oaks Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Ridgeview Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Shadowlawn Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
St Johns Classical AcademyStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Swimming Pen Creek Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Tynes Elementary SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Wilkinson Junior High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
AMIKIDS CLAY COUNTYStep 0 No Progress 0
Clay Virtual AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Clay Virtual FranchiseStep 0 No Progress 0
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Fleming Island Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
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Florida Cyber Charter Academy At ClayStep 0 No Progress 0
Florida Youth Challenge AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Green Cove Springs Junior High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Grove Park Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Lakeside Junior High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Mcrae Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Oakleaf High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
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Oakleaf Village Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
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Ridgeview High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Robert M. Paterson ElementaryStep 0 No Progress 0
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State Law and School Board Policy
School District Policy
Policy Notes
Florida State Law Schools are required to allow students to be released for religious programs. This does not mean schools do not have the ability to create policies that protect the school's instruction time.
State Law Link http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statuTes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.21.html
Law Notes (b) Each district school board, in accordance with rules of the State Board of Education, shall adopt policies authorizing a parent to request and be granted permission for absence of a student from school for:
1. Religious instruction or religious holidays.
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