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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001623
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2205 18TH AVE S, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33712 · (727) 893-2117 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
300 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
61%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
55.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 | 55.6% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 561 | 53.5% | 56.8% |
| TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES TALLAHASSEE | 621 | 50.9% | 48.0% |
| PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 504 | 53.4% | 58.2% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 553 | 55.5% | 53.2% |
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
| JOHN E. FORD K-8 SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 631 | 51.2% | 50.9% |
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 PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,013 of 2,136 | #58 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,085 of 2,149 ▲ 70 | #65 of 90 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,038 of 2,149 ▼ 105 | #63 of 90 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #1,180 of 2,267 | #23 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #85 of 2,077 | #22 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #832 of 2,108 | #49 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #1,155 of 2,188 | #43 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #1,253 of 1,374 | #71 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
561
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 561 | 44.7 | 12.6:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 46.7 | 12.2:1 | 59% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 47.7 | 11.3:1 | 63% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 52% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 52 | 11.1:1 | 55% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 53 | 11.0:1 | 50% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 51 | 11.3:1 | 40% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 37% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in ST PETERSBURG, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 561 students.
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools in PINELLAS, which enrolls 87,955 students in total.
The share of Black students at PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 57%, a majority. After that, the student body is 23% White, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Pinellas County is about 10% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 44.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Roughly 53% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Pinellas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,646 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Pinellas County number 155, with about 87,955 students.
JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8 is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% rise, from 531 to 561. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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 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
Other Perkins Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Perkins Elementary. PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Perkins Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 438 students
- PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEWARK, NY · 266 students
- Perkins Elementary SchoolSouth Boston, MA · 167 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-80.4 mi · 817
- LAKEVIEW FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 309
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 356
- JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 757
- MIDTOWN ACADEMY1.0 mi · 368
- GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,125
Frequently asked questions
About PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 561 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 23% White, 10% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERKINS 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.