SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY

SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY operates as an intimate K-5 school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, run under PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 472 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that teaches 87,955 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.

Across the wider county, Pinellas County reports that median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY has edged down 17%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 22% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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