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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001644
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
561 CLEARWATER LARGO RD S, LARGO, FL 33770 · (727) 588-3569 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
317 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 | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
70%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
63.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 64.7% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 515 | 61.6% | 63.9% |
| WILLISTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLISTON | 515 | 63.3% | 45.8% |
| DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 542 | 63.3% | 34.2% |
| PEACE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 557 | 63.2% | 38.6% |
| WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 532 | 63.2% | 51.3% |
| PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 628 | 63.9% | 53.0% |
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 MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #691 of 2,136 | #44 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #777 of 2,149 ▼ 26 | #45 of 90 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #690 of 2,149 ▲ 41 | #42 of 90 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #1,359 of 2,267 | #32 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #429 of 2,077 | #58 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #243 of 2,108 | #17 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #849 of 2,188 | #32 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #816 of 1,374 | #54 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
515
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 62% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 68% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 65% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 60% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 70% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 45 | 12.4:1 | 66% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 74% (534) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 36% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 31 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LARGO, Florida, (ZIP code 33770). Federal data show 515 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools in PINELLAS, which enrolls 87,955 students in total.
The biggest share of students at MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 44%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Pinellas County's population at about 74%. The diversity index for MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 36 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. Among public schools in Pinellas County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
Test results at MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 13.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (63.9% actual, 50.3% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Pinellas County, median household income comes to about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The county has 155 public schools and about 87,955 students.
Of the public schools around it, MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.5%; MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 63.9%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES describes the area around MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.3 students per teacher, compared with 12.3 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in LARGO
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,691 students
- FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 910 students
- PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCEElementary · 817 students
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · 764 students
- LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
Nearby schools
- DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL0.3 mi · 395
- LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 752
- RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 438
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,058
- PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 546
- FUGUITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 44% White, 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.