PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the small primary schools in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, operated by PINELLAS, with 459 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 604.

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

On demographics, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Pinellas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 79.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 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), PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.4%.

PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 464 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 11% to 16% over that span.

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