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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001674
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
901 1ST AVE N, SAFETY HARBOR, FL 34695 · (727) 724-1400 · Pinellas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Florida public middle schools
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
421 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 | 312 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 37% |
Student demographics
64%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
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 48.4% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 956 | 44.0% | 50.9% |
| MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 845 | 40.0% | 49.7% |
| TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL TAVARES | 933 | 48.0% | 49.1% |
| HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST CLOUD | 1,165 | 44.4% | 59.2% |
| CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 999 | 41.5% | 61.9% |
| ROWLETT MIDDLE ACADEMY BRADENTON | 708 | 45.1% | 71.8% |
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 SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #319 of 560 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #299 of 560 ▲ 45 | #13 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #236 of 560 ▲ 33 | #10 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #176 of 584 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #372 of 547 | #17 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #178 of 553 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #375 of 565 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #127 of 379 | #10 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
956
-109 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 1,444
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 956 | 47 | 20.3:1 | 44% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 977 | 48 | 20.4:1 | 53% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 974 | 49 | 19.9:1 | 50% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 1,065 | 56 | 19.0:1 | 46% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 1,201 | 63 | 19.1:1 | 49% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 1,241 | 67 | 18.5:1 | 53% (654) |
| 2010-11 | 1,392 | 77 | 18.1:1 | 40% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 1,392 | 69 | 20.2:1 | 19% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 1,444 | 88 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in SAFETY HARBOR, Florida. It teaches 956 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 20% more students than the average for middle schools in Florida (about 794).
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 151 schools that make up PINELLAS (87,955 students in total).
At SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Pinellas County residents are White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are about 20.3 students; the school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 421 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 44% of enrollment. Public schools in Pinellas County average a similar 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Florida public middle schools.
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.9% versus 59.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pinellas County show that 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. Pinellas County has 155 public schools with about 87,955 students, including SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 1,065 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 956. Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.0:1 to 20.3:1.
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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 SAFETY HARBOR
- SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
Nearby schools
- SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 588
- MCMULLEN-BOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 445
- PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER1.8 mi · 137
- LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 636
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,396
- CHI CHI RODRIQUEZ ACADEMY2.5 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
Is SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
How diverse is SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 48% White, 34% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.