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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156008262
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
2433 NURSERY RD, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 · (727) 369-6361 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
203 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 45% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
51%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
82.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
90.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.5% | 90.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 87.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE this school | 722 | 28.1% | 81.5% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 741 | 28.2% | 82.2% |
| GENE WITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 742 | 27.9% | 80.3% |
| SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 690 | 30.3% | 75.7% |
| ROBERT WILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKEWOOD RANCH | 785 | 25.9% | 79.2% |
| FLEMING ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 629 | 29.1% | 82.9% |
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 DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #116 of 2,136 | #8 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #42 of 2,149 ▲ 38 | #3 of 90 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #95 of 2,149 ▲ 196 | #5 of 90 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #648 of 2,267 | #6 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,482 of 2,077 | #89 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #1,320 of 2,108 | #63 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #1,861 of 2,188 | #81 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.6% | #25 of 621 | #2 of 13 |
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
722
+216 (+43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
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 | 722 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 28% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 36% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 29% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 38% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | N/A | N/A | 42% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
About DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is a medium-sized elementary school in CLEARWATER, Florida, (ZIP code 33764). The student body numbers 722 students, from kindergarten through 8.
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is among 151 schools run by PINELLAS, which serves 87,955 students.
A majority of students at DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 67%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE comes in at 51%.
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE counts 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.2 students for each one. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. About 28% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Pinellas County, the average is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is A+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.4 points (81.5% versus 67.1%), a top-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Pinellas County, median household income is about $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is among the 155 public schools in Pinellas County.
Nearest public school: OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE at 1st of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is City: Mid-size. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Reported enrollment: 506 (2020-21) and 722 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.2:1) than in 2020-21 (13.0:1).
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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
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Other schools in CLEARWATER
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,543 students
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,396 students
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
Nearby schools
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 724
- BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 467
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 704
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,543
- PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY2.1 mi · 202
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEHow large is DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE enrolls approximately 722 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE serve?
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is approximately 17.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
At DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, the student body is approximately 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE in?
DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.