RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL

Located at 5025 76TH AVE N, in PINELLAS PARK, Florida, RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL is a compact K-12 campus that educates 160 students (grades K through 12), operated by PINELLAS. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL sits 55% below that benchmark.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.2:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

The closest other public school is PINELLAS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL.

RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 154%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 160 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 59% to 52%.

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