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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001603
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1156 LAKEVIEW RD, CLEARWATER, FL 33756 · (727) 469-5983 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
339 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 49.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 455 | 74.5% | 49.4% |
| JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 451 | 73.2% | 30.7% |
| KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 437 | 73.0% | 34.5% |
| G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY BRADENTON | 472 | 75.0% | 26.4% |
| CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL COCOA | 477 | 70.0% | 42.8% |
| FLORINE J ABEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 485 | 73.6% | 59.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,363 of 2,136 | #78 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,223 of 2,149 ▲ 171 | #70 of 90 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,545 of 2,149 ▲ 72 | #79 of 90 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #1,593 of 2,267 | #46 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #143 of 2,077 | #31 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #563 of 2,108 | #36 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #293 of 2,188 | #10 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #383 of 1,374 | #27 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
455
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 455 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 75% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 79% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 81% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 80% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 53 | 11.2:1 | 88% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 82% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 92% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 60% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public small elementary school in CLEARWATER, Florida. The school enrolls 455 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
Across its 151 schools, PINELLAS enrolls 87,955 students. BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 49% of enrollment at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other groups make up 29% Black, 16% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Pinellas County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
There are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 13.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A total of 339 students, or 75%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Pinellas County averages 45%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 43.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.4%.
Looking at the county, Pinellas County, median household income comes to about $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 155 public schools and about 87,955 students.
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles from PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 460 in 2020-21 and 455 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in CLEARWATER
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,543 students
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,396 students
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEElementary · 722 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
Nearby schools
- PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 546
- PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.6 mi · 817
- PINELLAS HIGH INNOVATION1.7 mi · 194
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 704
- SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 521
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,543
Frequently asked questions
About BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 49% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.