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The Atlantic Beach handbook

Living in Atlantic Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call

Power in Atlantic Beach comes from JEA, a municipal utility rather than a private company. Xfinity and IQ Fiber wire most of Atlantic Beach, and 95% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Atlantic Beach, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Atlantic Beach.

Electricity

Power comes from JEA

JEA (JEA), a municipal utility, serves all of Atlantic Beach. Its homes paid an average of 13.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $146 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: jea.com · (904) 665-6000

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Atlantic Beach Water System

Atlantic Beach Water System supplies almost all of Atlantic Beach. It draws ground water and serves 23,503 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL2160200.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Atlantic Beach

100% of 5,529 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%1,200/35
IQ FiberFiber94%5,000/5,000
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless94%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless95%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless87%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Atlantic Beach depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Atlantic Beach, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerGFL (Green for Life) picks up at the curb for every homecoab.us
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Plastic Numbers: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 (place caps in garbage and rinse out containers)
  • Glass bottles and jars (place caps in garbage and rinse out containers)
  • Aluminum, metal and steel containers (rinse out containers)
  • Brown paper bags
  • Cardboard and fiber board (cut down to 2' x 3' in size)
  • Corrugated cardboard (must be able to free-fall from cart when emptied)
  • Boxboard (cereal or food boxes - remove plastic or wax paper liners)
  • Milk cartons and juice boxes (rinse out containers)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookAppliances and tires are picked up every Tuesday and Friday only and must be scheduled by calling Public Works at (904) 247-5834; furniture, TVs, microwaves, bedding and gas grills may be set out with household garbage on pickup day
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecoab.us →

From coab.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Atlantic Beach kids go to
PK–5Atlantic Beach Elementary SchoolDuval County School District
6–827 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1221 high schoolsDepends on your address

Atlantic Beach is in Duval County School District.

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Atlantic Beach is in ZIP code 32233

ZIP codes where Atlantic Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Atlantic BeachZIP’s residents in Atlantic Beach
32233Atlantic Beach, FL100%56%
Area code904Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Atlantic Beach

Who supplies Atlantic Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Atlantic Beach Water System (EPA ID FL2160200). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Atlantic Beach?

JEA (JEA), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Atlantic Beach?

Xfinity, IQ Fiber, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Atlantic Beach?

32233. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Atlantic Beach in?

Duval County School District.

How do I register to vote in Atlantic Beach?

In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Duval Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Atlantic Beach’s own website (coab.us), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.