AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small primary school, one of the schools within PINELLAS. It hosts 426 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 64.9%, a residual of +9.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Pinellas County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

AZALEA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 25%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 62% to 54% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.