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Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156003253
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1997 54TH AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33714 · (727) 570-3400 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
246 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
73%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
59.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 54.6% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 355 | 69.3% | 60.2% |
| MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 333 | 66.1% | 52.6% |
| LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 450 | 71.8% | 54.9% |
| MILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MERRITT ISLAND | 382 | 68.6% | 41.7% |
| LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 371 | 74.1% | 46.1% |
| FUGUITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 464 | 65.7% | 52.9% |
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 JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #858 of 2,136 | #53 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #907 of 2,149 ▲ 263 | #54 of 90 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #850 of 2,149 ▼ 87 | #53 of 90 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,877 of 2,267 | #74 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #163 of 2,077 | #36 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #56 of 2,108 | #7 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #485 of 2,188 | #22 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.0% | #44 of 1,374 | #1 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
355
-97 (-21%) vs 2020
-63% since 2000-01, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 69% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 71% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 71% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 65% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 73% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 77% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 69% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 70% (662) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, according to federal school records. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 355 students. That is 41% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
The 151 schools in PINELLAS enroll 87,955 students altogether, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
White students make up 39% of enrollment at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pinellas County's population at about 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Staffing at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. By family income, 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pinellas County is 45%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pinellas County show that the median household earns about $72,646 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Pinellas County, 155 public schools serve about 87,955 students.
The closest school to JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.2% against a local average of 50.0%.
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 355, compared with 452 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
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- LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 880 students
- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8Elementary · 817 students
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,684
- MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 616
- LEALMAN INNOVATION ACADEMY0.9 mi · 307
- LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 450
- SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 573
- LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 23% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.