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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001661
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
95 72ND ST N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33710 · (727) 893-2646 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
140 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
48%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
75.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 80.2% |
% 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 459 | 30.5% | 79.6% |
| SPESSARD L. HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 444 | 26.4% | 79.1% |
| LAKE ST. GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 499 | 34.1% | 75.5% |
| BAUDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 530 | 27.5% | 78.7% |
| PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL PALMETTO | 458 | 33.6% | 84.4% |
| ORANGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 489 | 35.2% | 93.8% |
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 PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #175 of 2,136 | #10 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #325 of 2,149 ▼ 105 | #15 of 90 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #262 of 2,149 ▼ 24 | #12 of 90 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #1,584 of 2,267 | #44 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #830 of 2,077 | #81 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #1,443 of 2,108 | #68 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #1,805 of 2,188 | #76 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,328 of 1,374 | #74 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
459
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 29% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 28% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 18% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 19 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, administered by PINELLAS. It reports enrollment of 459 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
In PINELLAS, 151 schools enroll a combined 87,955 students.
The largest group at PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 70%. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Pinellas County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 48%.
The school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pinellas County is 45%.
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Florida public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 65.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.6%.
For the population of Pinellas County, median household income comes to about $72,646, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pinellas County's 155 public schools enroll about 87,955 students and include PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 462 students in 2020-21 and 459 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
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Other schools in PINELLAS
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- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
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- 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
Nearby schools
- ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 260
- AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 426
- BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 237
- AZALEA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 696
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 799
- BOCA CIEGA HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,039
Frequently asked questions
About PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
Is PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASADENA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.