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LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

4001 58TH AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33714 · (727) 570-3020 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
  • 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
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
275 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K318%
Kindergarten4612%
Grade 15515%
Grade 26718%
Grade 36919%
Grade 44913%
Grade 55415%

This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).

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%
White
9526%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
12634%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
10929%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
185%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
226%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
18650%
Female
18550%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
42.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.2pp since 2023

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2542.7%55.3%
2023-2433.7%43.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37174.1%46.1%
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THONOTOSASSA
40576.8%39.8%
AUBURNDALE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AUBURNDALE
37174.9%41.5%
JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ST PETERSBURG
35569.3%60.2%
TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TARPON SPRINGS
41774.8%51.1%
BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRADENTON
42176.2%40.1%
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 LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
371
-73 (-16%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253713311.2:174% (275)
2023-243932913.6:180% (314)
2022-234343114.0:185% (367)
2020-214443413.1:181% (361)
2017-184634111.3:184% (390)
2015-164704011.8:181% (382)
2010-114693115.1:188% (411)
2000-016663917.1:183% (555)
1990-915902920.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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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Pinellas County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
PINELLAS
Address
4001 58TH AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33714
Phone
(727) 570-3020
County
Pinellas County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
371
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
11.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
275 (74%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120156001636
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 26% White, 34% Hispanic, 29% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LEALMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LEALMAN AVENUE 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.
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