DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit K-5 school in DUNEDIN, Florida, part of PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 474 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 22% below that benchmark.

DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that serves 87,955 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 24% White, 22% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 45.7%.

Across the wider county, Pinellas County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 70.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 34% to 24% over that span.

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