MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL

MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, a close-knit middle school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS, works with 616 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

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

Demographically, MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put 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), MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.1%.

MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 45% since 2018, when it stood at 1,126 (now 616). The White share of enrollment fell from 51% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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