SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a modestly sized primary school in DUNEDIN, Florida, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 336 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of PINELLAS. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Pinellas County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 75.1%, a residual of +14.0 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).
Nearest neighbor: DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.
SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 346 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 71% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pinellas County at a glance
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