LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in CLEARWATER, Florida, run under PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 636 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PINELLAS runs 151 schools in total, collectively educating 87,955 students. LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Pinellas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

The closest other public school is COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 636 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 63% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.