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What's something DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001615
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 UNION ST, DUNEDIN, FL 34698 · (727) 738-2990 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
323 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 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 47.1% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 474 | 68.1% | 45.7% |
| CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL COCOA | 477 | 70.0% | 42.8% |
| AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 503 | 68.8% | 51.6% |
| J. D. PARKER SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY STUART | 531 | 66.7% | 45.4% |
| YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 548 | 70.3% | 31.9% |
| SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 502 | 65.9% | 46.4% |
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 DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,542 of 2,136 | #85 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,818 of 2,149 ▼ 284 | #86 of 90 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,714 of 2,149 ▼ 343 | #87 of 90 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #1,517 of 2,267 | #39 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #44 of 2,077 | #12 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #262 of 2,108 | #20 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #530 of 2,188 | #23 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #557 of 1,374 | #33 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
474
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 474 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 68% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 74% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 44 | 11.0:1 | 68% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 52 | 11.2:1 | 74% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 85% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 53 | 13.7:1 | 82% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 43% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 32 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in DUNEDIN, Florida, are served by DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 474 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in PINELLAS, a system of 151 schools with 87,955 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. The next largest groups are 24% White, 22% Black, and 7% multiracial. In Pinellas County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.8:1. That is 5.6 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 68%. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 47.0%. It scores 45.7%, 1.3 points below that figure.
In Pinellas County (population about 963,481), the median household income is $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 45.7% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal data show 485 students in 2020-21 and 474 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 DUNEDIN
- DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,221 students
- DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- GARRISON-JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- CURTIS FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 538 students
- ACADEMIE DA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 842
- CURTIS FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 538
- CALVIN A. HUNSINGER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 101
- SANDY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 288
- KINGS HIGHWAY ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 277
- ATHENIAN ACADEMY1.4 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 24% White, 44% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DUNEDIN 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.