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BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in CLEARWATER, Florida, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary-level community, one of the schools within PINELLAS. It educates 455 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 25% below that benchmark.
Within PINELLAS, which oversees 151 schools and 87,955 students, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 29% Black, 16% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of +5.5 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate median household income runs about $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 455). Class-load math has rose: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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