At St. James Middle/High School, 35% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 42% scored at or above that level for reading. The school’s minority student enrollment is 56%.

A local parent is calling for stronger measures to combat bullying at St. James Middle School, as part of a broader effort to address a nationwide crisis affecting students daily.

For Amelia Walker, a mother of a St. James Middle School student, the worry of any kind of threat is every day. “It is something that’s always on your mind; what school is gonna be next?" ...

Vestry member John Klipfel said St. James had a hard time competing with the newly upgraded Ormond Beach Middle School and Hinson Middle School that opened in northern Daytona Beach in 2005.

Construction of the expansions at Armstrong, Northside and St. James Middle/High School will continue through next school year and will be completed by spring. Renovation work will occur next summer.

Acacia Miller teaches an English class to 11th and 12th graders at St. James Middle/High School. The high school is about 62% Latino, said Supt. Steve Heil.

For Waylon Ross, an eighth-grade social studies teacher at St. James Middle School, the news of the tornado hitting North Central High School hit close to home.