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Enrollment
1,017
Middle
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156002453
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
1800 TAMPA RD, PALM HARBOR, FL 34683 · (727) 669-1146 · Pinellas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,017 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
284 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 355 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 332 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%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
62.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 66.1% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,017 | 27.9% | 63.6% |
| EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH | 872 | 26.0% | 71.3% |
| C. W. RUCKEL MIDDLE SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 1,061 | 24.7% | 80.6% |
| R. DAN NOLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 787 | 28.7% | 71.6% |
| HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM CITY | 920 | 23.8% | 68.8% |
| YULEE MIDDLE SCHOOL YULEE | 1,174 | 32.2% | 76.2% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #161 of 560 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #147 of 560 ▲ 13 | #6 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #169 of 560 ▼ 42 | #7 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,017 | #137 of 584 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #405 of 547 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #445 of 553 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #483 of 565 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #104 of 379 | #9 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,017
-146 (-13%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,216
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 1,017 | 49 | 20.8:1 | 28% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 1,040 | 50 | 20.8:1 | 36% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 1,080 | 50 | 21.6:1 | 37% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 1,163 | 60 | 19.4:1 | 33% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 1,313 | 75 | 17.5:1 | 33% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 1,350 | 76 | 17.8:1 | 35% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 1,441 | 85 | 16.9:1 | 26% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 1,373 | 61 | 22.5:1 | 12% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 1,216 | 70 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school with its address in PALM HARBOR, Florida. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,017 students. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 28% above average.
PINELLAS has 87,955 students in 151 schools, and PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
About 74% of the student body at PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pinellas County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1. At PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County is 17 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 60% of Florida public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.6% actual, 67.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Looking at the county, Pinellas County, median household income comes to about $72,646, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 155, with about 87,955 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY, is the closest to PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 63.6% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 1,163 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 1,017 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 19.4:1 to 20.8:1.
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 PALM HARBOR
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 859 students
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 727 students
- CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 610 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
Nearby schools
- ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 421
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 727
- PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 343
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH1.4 mi · 2,413
- LAKE ST. GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 499
- GARRISON-JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,017 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.8:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.