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What's something PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
999
Middle
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001666
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
6940 70TH AVE N, PINELLAS PARK, FL 33781 · (727) 545-6400 · Pinellas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
586 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 321 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 316 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 362 | 36% |
Student demographics
73%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
43.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 1 points 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 | 43.9% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 53.1% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 999 | 58.7% | 47.2% |
| TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 799 | 57.7% | 57.0% |
| FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL LARGO | 910 | 54.7% | 50.5% |
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 917 | 53.7% | 50.7% |
| DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 922 | 53.3% | 55.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #368 of 560 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #348 of 560 ▼ 58 | #16 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #404 of 560 ▼ 49 | #18 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 999 | #155 of 584 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #205 of 547 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #11 of 553 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #192 of 565 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #167 of 379 | #14 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
999
-153 (-13%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 999 | 54 | 18.5:1 | 59% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 1,018 | 50 | 20.4:1 | 65% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 1,126 | 57 | 19.8:1 | 67% (755) |
| 2020-21 | 1,152 | 61 | 18.9:1 | 60% (696) |
| 2017-18 | 1,199 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 68% (821) |
| 2015-16 | 1,186 | 67 | 17.7:1 | 59% (699) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 74% (820) |
| 2000-01 | 1,402 | 71 | 19.8:1 | 50% (707) |
| 1990-91 | 986 | 57 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in PINELLAS, located in PINELLAS PARK, Florida. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 999 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students.
PINELLAS runs PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 150 other schools, enrolling 87,955 students in total.
At PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 39%. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Pinellas County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 54 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.5:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59%. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.2%, compared with a predicted 51.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Pinellas County, the median household income is $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, Pinellas County has 154 other public schools.
The closest other public school is ESE COUNTYWIDE, about 0.3 miles away. PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 47.2% versus a 51.4% average.
NCES describes the area around PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 13%, to 999.
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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 PINELLAS PARK
- SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 535 students
- PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
- PINELLAS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMElementary · 433 students
- CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- ESE COUNTYWIDE0.3 mi · 206
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM0.3 mi · 433
- NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER1.0 mi · 160
- PINELLAS SECONDARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 79
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND1.1 mi · 61
- BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 999 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.