SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, part of PINELLAS, instructing 573 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 59.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Pinellas County shows median household earnings sit near $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LYNCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 573). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 52% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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