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Enrollment
1,396
High
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002242
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
3000 STATE ROAD 580, CLEARWATER, FL 33761 · (727) 725-7956 · Pinellas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
447 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 318 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 343 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 366 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 354 | 25% |
Student demographics
62%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
60.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,396 | 32.0% | 48.4% |
| NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGH BROOKSVILLE | 1,293 | 33.8% | 56.5% |
| MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 1,500 | 28.8% | 53.9% |
| DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 1,221 | 35.0% | 57.4% |
| NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 1,938 | 32.9% | 54.1% |
| BARRON COLLIER HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,472 | 31.3% | 71.0% |
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 COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #338 of 555 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #529 of 549 ▼ 209 | #18 of 18 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #225 of 559 ▲ 60 | #11 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,396 | #321 of 830 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #155 of 575 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #218 of 594 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #457 of 630 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #33 of 289 | #4 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
1,396
-310 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,858
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 1,396 | 70 | 19.9:1 | 32% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 1,593 | 79 | 20.2:1 | 39% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 1,741 | 83 | 21.0:1 | 44% (763) |
| 2020-21 | 1,706 | 80 | 21.3:1 | 37% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 1,962 | 92 | 21.3:1 | 41% (797) |
| 2015-16 | 2,102 | 103 | 20.4:1 | 41% (853) |
| 2010-11 | 2,199 | 114 | 19.3:1 | 30% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 1,965 | 88 | 22.3:1 | 14% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 1,858 | 103 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
About COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
As a medium-sized high school, COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL serves students in CLEARWATER, Florida. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 1,396 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Florida is roughly 1,035 students; this school is 35% above that.
Enrollment across the 151 schools in PINELLAS totals 87,955 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Pinellas County is about 74% White. The chance that two students picked at random at COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
A ratio of 19.9:1 comes from the school's 70 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 32% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Pinellas County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL scores 16.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 48.4% actual versus 65.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Pinellas County (population about 963,481), median household income is about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 155 public schools operate in Pinellas County, serving about 87,955 students.
The shortest distance from COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL had 1,706 students in 2020-21 and 1,396 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease. The ratio was 21.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- 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
Nearby schools
- CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY0.6 mi · 90
- LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 636
- ENTERPRISE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 387
- CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 610
- MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 445
- SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 956
Frequently asked questions
About COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,396 students in grades 09-12.
Is COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 53% White, 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
COUNTRYSIDE 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.