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LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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.
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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit primary school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 604.
PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 29% Black, 26% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.
In terms of school funding signals, LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of +2.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household income runs about $72,646, 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), LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LEALMAN INNOVATION ACADEMY, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.1%.
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 34%.
On the community side, the feed for LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pinellas County at a glance
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