SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, operated by PINELLAS, works with 690 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that serves 87,955 students overall.

On demographics, SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.0%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

MANGROVE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 678 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 17% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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