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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002939
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6995 HOPEDALE LN, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 · (727) 538-7335 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
331 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 | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
70%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
59.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 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 | 59.5% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 61.9% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 542 | 61.1% | 62.1% |
| SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBRING | 588 | 62.9% | 63.0% |
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 503 | 62.2% | 67.7% |
| LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONGWOOD | 573 | 64.7% | 62.2% |
| WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 498 | 61.8% | 58.5% |
| ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTERPRISE | 544 | 59.0% | 55.9% |
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 FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #771 of 2,136 | #47 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #878 of 2,149 ▼ 9 | #53 of 90 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #859 of 2,149 ▼ 46 | #54 of 90 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #1,264 of 2,267 | #26 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #170 of 2,077 | #38 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #220 of 2,108 | #15 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #869 of 2,188 | #34 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #527 of 1,374 | #32 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
542
-110 (-17%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 876
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 542 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 61% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 70% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 72% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 63% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 52 | 12.9:1 | 74% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 51 | 12.7:1 | 65% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 61% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 876 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 40% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in CLEARWATER, Florida. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 542 students.
PINELLAS is made up of 151 schools with 87,955 students in all.
The biggest share of students at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 38%, is White. Next come 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 74% White among all Pinellas County residents. The diversity index for FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. The school reported 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 16 points above the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.1% is 11.6 points above the 50.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Pinellas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 155 public schools in the county, enrolling about 87,955, FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL sits about 0.6 miles from FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 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
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEElementary · 722 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
Other Frontier Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Frontier Elementary. FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 12.
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOXAHATCHEE, FL · 688 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 846 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 809 students
- Frontier ElementaryHanford, CA · 619 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJEROME, ID · 475 students
Nearby schools
- PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 305
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.2 mi · 764
- HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 600
- BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 467
- PINELLAS COUNTY JAIL2.0 mi · 25
- PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER2.1 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 38% White, 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.