PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in PALM HARBOR, Florida, run under PINELLAS. The school works with 1,017 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that instructs 87,955 students overall.

On demographics, PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Pinellas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 63.6%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Around the school, Pinellas County reports that median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 75.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,313 (now 1,017). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.