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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002393
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3030 CURLEW RD, PALM HARBOR, FL 34684 · (727) 724-1423 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
199 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 | 77 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
56%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
69.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
76.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 76.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 78.3% |
% 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
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 610 | 32.6% | 73.6% |
| PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 696 | 34.8% | 76.1% |
| LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 636 | 33.6% | 71.0% |
| PINE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLERMONT | 690 | 31.7% | 61.1% |
| PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 589 | 33.3% | 72.4% |
| KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 535 | 29.2% | 79.1% |
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 CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #334 of 2,136 | #22 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #396 of 2,149 ▼ 120 | #19 of 90 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #455 of 2,149 ▼ 134 | #26 of 90 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,000 of 2,267 | #15 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #234 of 2,077 | #47 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,088 of 2,108 | #55 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #1,756 of 2,188 | #71 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #1,021 of 1,374 | #61 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
610
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 610 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 33% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 36% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 43% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 40% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 41% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 55 | 12.7:1 | 41% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 56 | 12.2:1 | 36% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 29% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 40 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in PALM HARBOR, Florida. A federal count lists 610 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to PINELLAS, a district of 151 schools and 87,955 students.
Roughly 62% of students at CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Pinellas County, the White share is about 74%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 45 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 45% for public schools in Pinellas County.
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.6%, compared with a predicted 64.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Pinellas County census figures show that the median household income is $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pinellas County has 155 public schools and roughly 87,955 students.
LAKE ST. GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (613) to 2024-25 (610).
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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
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 PALM HARBOR
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,017 students
- JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 859 students
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 727 students
- CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE ST. GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 499
- CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY1.3 mi · 90
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,396
- HIGHLAND LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 449
- LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 636
- OLDSMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-05.
Is CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.