MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8

As a sizable elementary school in MADEIRA BEACH, Florida, MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 instructs 1,306 students from grades K through 8, part of PINELLAS. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 sits 116% bigger than that benchmark.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 is among them.

Looking at the student body, MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Pinellas County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 higher than the state norm the norm. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 82.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pinellas County shows median household earnings sit near $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 is one campus in the mix.

ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 has fell 5%, going from 1,376 students in 2018 to 1,306 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 74% over that span.

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