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SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL
As a middle-of-the-pack high school in SEMINOLE, Florida, SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL serves 1,394 students from grades 9 through 12, part of PINELLAS. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.
PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.8%; SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL posts 47.9%, -16.9 points below that line.
In the broader community, census data for Pinellas County shows median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.6%.
SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 29%, going from 1,951 students in 2018 to 1,394 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.
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