HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in CLEARWATER, Florida, run under PINELLAS, with 600 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that educates 87,955 students overall.

On demographics, HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% White, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

Around the school, Pinellas County reports that median household income runs about $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PINELLAS COUNTY JAIL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 634 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 27% to 22%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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