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Enrollment
2,413
High
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156003014
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH
1900 OMAHA ST, PALM HARBOR, FL 34683 · (727) 669-1131 · Pinellas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,413 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public high schools
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
521 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 610 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 659 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 642 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 502 | 21% |
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
78.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 57.0% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 UNIVERSITY HIGH
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH this school | 2,413 | 21.6% | 72.2% |
| JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL TRINITY | 2,201 | 21.1% | 62.0% |
| OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGH SEMINOLE | 1,706 | 19.9% | 67.1% |
| EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 1,980 | 19.0% | 64.6% |
| HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOL OVIEDO | 2,449 | 20.2% | 63.6% |
| TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SAINT AUGUSTINE | 2,616 | 15.4% | 70.2% |
Matched among Florida high 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 UNIVERSITY HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #84 of 555 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #151 of 549 ▼ 41 | #3 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #65 of 559 ▲ 18 | #3 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,413 | #85 of 830 | #1 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #224 of 575 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #476 of 594 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #548 of 630 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #204 of 289 | #15 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,413
-100 (-4%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 2,285
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 2,413 | 114 | 21.2:1 | 22% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 2,502 | 112 | 22.3:1 | 26% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 2,474 | 107 | 23.1:1 | 26% (654) |
| 2020-21 | 2,513 | 107 | 23.5:1 | 20% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 2,546 | 106 | 24.0:1 | 23% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 2,501 | 112 | 22.3:1 | 23% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 2,467 | 120 | 20.6:1 | 15% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 2,285 | 106 | 21.6:1 | 4% (102) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH.
About PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is a high-enrollment high school in Florida, with an address in PALM HARBOR. The student body numbers 2,413 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Florida is about 1,035, so this school runs 133% larger than that.
PINELLAS is the local district for PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH. It runs 151 schools with 87,955 students.
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH's enrollment is 75% White. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The White share in Pinellas County as a whole is similar, at about 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.2:1. The average ratio among high schools in Florida is 23.5:1, higher than at this school. PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 22%. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
The allk12 Grade for PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is A-. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is 1.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Within Pinellas County, median household income is about $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 155 public schools in Pinellas County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,955.
The next-closest public school is ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH. Its average proficiency rate of 72.2% is below the 76.9% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 2,513 in 2020-21 and 2,413 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.5:1 to 21.2:1.
Discussions about PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
- 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
- PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,691 students
Other schools in PALM HARBOR
- PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,017 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 ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 421
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 727
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 564
- PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,017
- JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 859
- PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH?
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH enrolls approximately 2,413 students in grades 09-12.
Is PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is approximately 21.2:1 (114 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH?
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH reports a student body of 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH?
PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.