NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of modestly sized scale in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS, hosting 433 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 604.

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

On demographics, NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest is composed of 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Pinellas County reports that median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 22%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 28% to 21% over that span.

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