ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL

ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL, a rural-scale secondary school in ST. PETERBURG, Florida, run under PINELLAS, teaches 220 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% below the state mean of about 1,035.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 66.4%; actual is 90.5%, +24.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

Nearest neighbor: CAMPBELL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.0 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), ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.