South Walton High School

Grades: 9-12

Students: 1017

Type: Public

8/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 17:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 501:1

Certified Teachers: 97%

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Walton

645 Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

(850) 622-5020

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8/10

Test Scores

4/10

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Academic Progress

9/10

College Readiness

7/10

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The freshman AP History teacher is a disrespectful bully and an ineffective teacher. Avoid him at all costs. This school is does not prepare students for today's world.

Posted by a student on 9/18/2025

We moved here summer 2024. My kiddo made an all-state Jazz guitar! First kid to qualify in the county! We LOVE South Walton High School! Good Godly teachers. Seriously one is studying theology! Love it. My son feels that the courses are challenging and he is in all AP classes and very much enjoying

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Posted by a parent on 11/11/2024

I went to this school. It was some of the worst years of my life. The students bullied me every day and the administration did little to nothing to stop it or turned a blind eye to it. This had a huge impact on my mental health. I ended up having to transfer to a different high school out of

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Posted by a community member on 4/29/2024

We moved here two years ago and we couldn’t be happier with South Walton! My kids went to private schools in a larger city and they both have said they are so appreciative of how much their teachers care and are engaged!

Posted by a parent on 2/3/2023

Many of the students here are rude, unfriendly, entitled brats. They live in a bubble and when it pops them into the real world they will see how unsophisticated and cringy Santa Rosa is. Parents are to blame for their sense of false superiority.

Posted by a student on 10/7/2022

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Santa Rosa Beach schools - South Walton High School is located at 645 Greenway Trail, Santa Rosa Beach FL 32459. South Walton High School is in the Walton. South Walton High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9-12.