MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary campus in CLEARWATER, Florida, operated by PINELLAS. The school hosts 445 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.1%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household income runs about $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

The closest other public school is PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 10% to 16% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.