MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the cozy elementary schools in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS, with 339 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 8% White, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 38.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BAY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.6%.

MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.