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Enrollment
1,543
High
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001610
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL
1951 GULF TO BAY BLVD, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 · (727) 298-1620 · Pinellas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,543 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
759 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 387 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 404 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 422 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 330 | 21% |
Student demographics
69%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
46.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,543 | 49.2% | 45.6% |
| SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY PORT SAINT LUCIE | 1,463 | 48.3% | 65.4% |
| DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL DUNNELLON | 1,562 | 51.3% | 41.1% |
| PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,648 | 51.2% | 50.3% |
| SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL SEBRING | 1,849 | 50.4% | 47.1% |
| DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,716 | 51.2% | 58.9% |
Matched among Florida high 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 CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #398 of 555 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #231 of 549 ▲ 194 | #5 of 18 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #428 of 559 ▲ 28 | #18 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,543 | #281 of 830 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #241 of 575 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #55 of 594 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #250 of 630 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #69 of 289 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,543
+7 (+0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,853
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 1,543 | 72 | 21.4:1 | 49% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 1,637 | 78 | 21.0:1 | 59% (965) |
| 2022-23 | 1,664 | 76 | 21.9:1 | 59% (987) |
| 2020-21 | 1,536 | 77 | 19.9:1 | 51% (789) |
| 2017-18 | 1,897 | 97 | 19.6:1 | 58% (1,106) |
| 2015-16 | 2,035 | 88 | 23.1:1 | 56% (1,132) |
| 2010-11 | 2,096 | 115 | 18.2:1 | 46% (964) |
| 2000-01 | 2,012 | 85 | 23.7:1 | 18% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 1,853 | 98 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
About CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school with its address in CLEARWATER, Florida. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,543 students. That is 49% above the average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is in PINELLAS, a district with 87,955 students across 151 schools.
The student body at CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 38%. Other groups make up 34% White, 21% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Pinellas County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 21.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL, which has 72. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 49%.
Among Florida public high schools, CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.6%, compared with a predicted 56.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pinellas County show that the median household earns about $72,646 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Pinellas County, 155 public schools serve about 87,955 students.
About 0.6 miles separate CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment went from 1,536 in 2020-21 to 1,543 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students. By 2024-25, the school had 21.4 students per teacher, compared with 19.9 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
Other Clearwater High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Clearwater High. CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Clearwater HighClearwater, KS · 361 students
- CLEARWATER HIGHPIEDMONT, MO · 230 students
Nearby schools
- SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 521
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 704
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 724
- PLATO ACADEMY CLEARWATER1.1 mi · 616
- PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY1.2 mi · 202
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL?
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,543 students in grades 09-12.
Is CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL have?
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL?
At CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 38% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.