MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM

MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM is a primary school of close-knit scale in PINELLAS PARK, Florida, run under PINELLAS, instructing 433 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM records that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pinellas County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ESE COUNTYWIDE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 433). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 31%.

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