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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156003254
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3025 UNION ST, CLEARWATER, FL 33759 · (727) 669-1800 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
249 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
53.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 52.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 445 | 56.0% | 55.4% |
| VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE HELEN | 477 | 56.2% | 59.2% |
| BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 467 | 58.5% | 61.5% |
| SABAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 493 | 58.4% | 42.2% |
| FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARY ESTHER | 539 | 56.4% | 70.0% |
| ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTERPRISE | 544 | 59.0% | 55.9% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,073 of 2,136 | #62 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,407 of 2,149 ▼ 132 | #77 of 90 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #790 of 2,149 ▲ 348 | #48 of 90 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #1,627 of 2,267 | #51 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #154 of 2,077 | #35 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #460 of 2,108 | #31 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #1,041 of 2,188 | #40 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.1% | #93 of 1,374 | #7 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 445 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 64% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 63% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 63% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 67% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 60 | 12.3:1 | 61% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 51% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 16% (119) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school serving families in CLEARWATER, Florida. A total of 445 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 26% lower.
PINELLAS enrolls 87,955 students, and its 151 schools include MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White (44%). Other students are 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Pinellas County residents. By the diversity index, MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 67%.
The teaching staff at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. About 56% of students, or 249, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Pinellas County.
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (55.4%) and its predicted rate (53.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Pinellas County, where median household income is about $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County, which together enroll about 87,955 students.
PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER is located about 0.6 miles from MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 478 in 2020-21 and 445 in 2024-25, a decrease of 33 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.1:1 to 13.1:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in CLEARWATER
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,543 students
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,396 students
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEElementary · 722 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
Nearby schools
- PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER0.6 mi · 137
- SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 588
- SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 956
- LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 636
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,396
- ENTERPRISE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 44% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
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