Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001612
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6886 102ND AVE N, PINELLAS PARK, FL 33782 · (727) 547-7834 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Florida public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
175 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 43.5% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 303 | 57.8% | 48.0% |
| CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 325 | 58.8% | 56.9% |
| PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 396 | 61.1% | 69.4% |
| BROOKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 465 | 56.6% | 51.0% |
| BARDMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 457 | 54.9% | 61.9% |
| WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 366 | 61.5% | 65.7% |
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 CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,430 of 2,136 | #81 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,638 of 2,149 ▲ 54 | #83 of 90 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,599 of 2,149 ▼ 16 | #82 of 90 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,984 of 2,267 | #85 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #92 of 2,077 | #24 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #278 of 2,108 | #21 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #991 of 2,188 | #39 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #116 of 1,374 | #8 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
303
-70 (-19%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 303 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 65% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 30 | 11.9:1 | 64% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 36 | 10.4:1 | 58% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 68% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 43 | 10.6:1 | 69% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 60% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 53% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 42 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in PINELLAS PARK, Florida. The student body numbers 303 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 151 schools: PINELLAS, with 87,955 students.
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. It is also 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Pinellas County's residents are about 74% White, 26 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 69%.
The school has about 12.6 students per teacher and 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 58%. On average, public schools in Pinellas County report 45%.
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.2%.
Federal survey data for Pinellas County show that median household income is about $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 155 public schools operate in Pinellas County, serving about 87,955 students.
PINELLAS SECONDARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 51.3% on proficiency, and CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 48.0%.
NCES describes the area around CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 373 to 303 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 10.4 to 12.6 over 4 years.
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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
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- BARDMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 457
- PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.