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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001651
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5601 22ND AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33710 · (727) 893-2147 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
215 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
68%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
67.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 63.2% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 418 | 51.4% | 65.6% |
| AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 426 | 51.4% | 64.9% |
| BARDMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 457 | 54.9% | 61.9% |
| BARTOW ELEMENTARY ACADEMY BARTOW | 524 | 49.0% | 65.8% |
| CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 374 | 54.0% | 68.0% |
| SEVEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 469 | 55.4% | 45.3% |
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 NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #626 of 2,136 | #40 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #703 of 2,149 ▲ 114 | #39 of 90 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #523 of 2,149 ▲ 510 | #33 of 90 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #1,715 of 2,267 | #63 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #462 of 2,077 | #61 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #317 of 2,108 | #23 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #1,239 of 2,188 | #44 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #292 of 1,374 | #20 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
418
-90 (-18%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 51% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 61% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 59% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 63% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 57% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 70% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 55% (439) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in PINELLAS, located in ST PETERSBURG, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 418 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
PINELLAS has 87,955 students in 151 schools, and NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 48%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Pinellas County residents are about 74% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. This ratio sits 3.1 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Roughly 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (65.6% versus 55.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pinellas County show that the median household income is $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pinellas County has 154 other public schools.
The closest public school to NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 65.6% is above the 61.0% average for nearby schools.
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 90 fewer students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (13.0:1).
Discussions about NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 ST PETERSBURG
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- GIBBS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,125 students
- LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 880 students
- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8Elementary · 817 students
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 20th largest of the 29.
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 498
- MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 333
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 799
- ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 260
- PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG1.7 mi · 374
- BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.