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Enrollment
817
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156008100
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
1775 S HIGHLAND AVE, LARGO, FL 33756 · (727) 330-9449 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
377 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 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (73).
Student demographics
62%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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 54.9% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE this school | 817 | 46.1% | 55.4% |
| VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO | 863 | 44.3% | 64.9% |
| BUSHNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUSHNELL | 752 | 44.3% | 63.7% |
| LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY PALM COAST | 740 | 46.5% | 59.2% |
| WILLIAM MONROE ROWLETT ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND COMMUNICATION BRADENTON | 917 | 47.4% | 60.0% |
| DEEP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PT CHARLOTTE | 781 | 44.0% | 62.3% |
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 PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,075 of 2,136 | #63 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #1,172 of 2,149 ▼ 15 | #69 of 90 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #921 of 2,149 ▲ 128 | #59 of 90 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #431 of 2,267 | #3 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #882 of 2,077 | #83 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #747 of 2,108 | #44 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #1,413 of 2,188 | #48 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #180 of 621 | #7 of 13 |
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
817
-89 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 817 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 46% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 52% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 3% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 906 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 46% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 19 | 35.3:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 10% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
About PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a mid-sized elementary school in LARGO, Florida, under PINELLAS. It enrolls 817 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. It has 35% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is run by PINELLAS, whose 151 schools enroll 87,955 students.
The student body at PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is 54% White. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Pinellas County, the White share is about 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
On staff are 53 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. About 46% of students at PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Florida public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is 2.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 55.4%. Predicted: 58.0%.
The county, Pinellas County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $72,646 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE, Pinellas County has 155 public schools.
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 817, from 906 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.4 students per teacher, compared with 17.1 in 2020-21.
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- 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 LARGO
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,691 students
- FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 910 students
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · 764 students
- LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- OAKHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 677 students
Nearby schools
- PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 546
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,058
- BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 455
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 704
- DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL1.8 mi · 395
- BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCEHow many students attend PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE enrolls approximately 817 students in grades KG-08.
Is PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
How diverse is PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE reports a student body of 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE public or private?
PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.