LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, run under PINELLAS, enrolling 450 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.

LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that hosts 87,955 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 33%, going from 672 students in 2018 to 450 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 50% across the same window.

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