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What's the most underrated thing about CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002479
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4900 CYPRESS WOODS BLVD, PALM HARBOR, FL 34685 · (727) 538-7325 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
156 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 | 67 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
40%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
75.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
84.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 75.5% | 84.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 86.1% |
% 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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 676 | 23.1% | 79.7% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 696 | 22.1% | 89.2% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 578 | 23.2% | 75.7% |
| GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKEWOOD RANCH | 672 | 24.1% | 81.0% |
| INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDIALANTIC | 662 | 19.9% | 82.8% |
| SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 585 | 23.2% | 78.7% |
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 CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #170 of 2,136 | #9 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #161 of 2,149 ▼ 65 | #8 of 90 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #269 of 2,149 ▼ 27 | #14 of 90 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #796 of 2,267 | #11 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,010 of 2,077 | #86 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #1,668 of 2,108 | #80 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,953 of 2,188 | #85 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #681 of 1,374 | #46 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
676
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 946
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 676 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 23% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 24% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 21% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 803 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 25% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 27% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 19% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 19% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 946 | 45 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in PALM HARBOR, Florida, under PINELLAS. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 676 students.
PINELLAS counts 87,955 students in its 151 schools, and CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
About 76% of the student body at CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Pinellas County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.7:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points below the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.7% and a predicted 69.6%.
In Pinellas County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $72,646 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pinellas County has 155 public schools.
The closest school to CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, located about 1.0 miles away. CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.7% against a local average of 74.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decline, from 721 to 676. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.4:1 to 15.7:1 over the same 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
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
- CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 610 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
Nearby schools
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,980
- EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING1.0 mi · 392
- BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 501
- JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 859
- PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS2.7 mi · 349
- HIGHLAND LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 676 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
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