JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1997 54TH AVE N, in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community that instructs 355 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of PINELLAS. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that instructs 87,955 students overall.

Looking at the student body, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of +13.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pinellas County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.0%.

JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 43%: 623 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 39% across the same window.

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