JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL

JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the average-sized middle-grades schools in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, operated by PINELLAS, with 757 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.1%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Pinellas County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 9%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 757 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 42% across the same window.

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