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LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 43.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
Schools most like LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 371 | 74.1% | 46.1% |
| THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THONOTOSASSA | 405 | 76.8% | 39.8% |
| AUBURNDALE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 371 | 74.9% | 41.5% |
| JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 355 | 69.3% | 60.2% |
| TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 417 | 74.8% | 51.1% |
| BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 421 | 76.2% | 40.1% |
Where LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,519 of 2,136 | #84 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,316 of 2,149 ▲ 397 | #74 of 90 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,659 of 2,149 ▲ 242 | #85 of 90 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #1,840 of 2,267 | #69 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #19 of 2,077 | #6 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #62 of 2,108 | #8 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #301 of 2,188 | #11 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #501 of 1,374 | #30 of 75 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 371 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 74% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 85% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 81% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 84% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 81% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 83% (555) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 29 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
About LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in Florida, located in ST PETERSBURG. The school's enrollment of 371 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by PINELLAS, whose 151 schools enroll 87,955 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 34% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 26% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Pinellas County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Teachers at the school number 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pinellas County is 45%.
allk12 grades LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 46.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pinellas County show that median household income is about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 155 public schools in Pinellas County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,955.
The closest public school to LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LEALMAN INNOVATION ACADEMY, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 444 students to 371. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 11.2:1.
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