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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002938
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 PINE AVE N, OLDSMAR, FL 34677 · (813) 891-0785 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
145 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 | 46 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
59%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
66.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 71.7% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 480 | 30.2% | 71.5% |
| PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 522 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
| LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 559 | 29.3% | 56.6% |
| HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 494 | 31.6% | 67.7% |
| BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 408 | 25.2% | 67.8% |
| PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 459 | 30.5% | 79.6% |
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 FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #398 of 2,136 | #24 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #460 of 2,149 ▲ 24 | #26 of 90 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #565 of 2,149 ▼ 137 | #36 of 90 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #1,499 of 2,267 | #38 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #199 of 2,077 | #41 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #958 of 2,108 | #52 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #1,811 of 2,188 | #78 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #1,268 of 1,374 | #72 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
480
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 35% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 36% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 39% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 33% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 813 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 14% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school in OLDSMAR, Florida. The school had 480 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
Besides FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PINELLAS runs 150 other schools. The district enrolls 87,955 students.
At FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 58% of the student body. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Pinellas County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. This ratio sits 4.1 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 30% in 2024-25. The 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County is 15 points higher.
On BeatsExpectations, FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pinellas County, the median household income is $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
OLDSMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 39 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Forest Lakes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Forest Lakes Elementary. FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Forest Lakes ElementaryForest Hill, MD · 447 students
Nearby schools
- OLDSMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 473
- CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 610
- FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,184
- CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY2.8 mi · 90
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 852
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,396
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST LAKES 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.