MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, an one-room-style middle-grades school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, part of PINELLAS, serves 317 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 23% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pinellas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 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 MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.