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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001689
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9300 86TH AVE, SEMINOLE, FL 33777 · (727) 547-7841 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
265 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 71.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 580 | 45.7% | 67.8% |
| MEADOWLANE PRIMARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 603 | 47.1% | N/A |
| SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 726 | 49.2% | 69.0% |
| FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERNANDO | 665 | 51.0% | 55.0% |
| MEADOWLANE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 779 | 44.2% | 61.6% |
| PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 667 | 42.7% | 66.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #535 of 2,136 | #33 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #681 of 2,149 ▼ 175 | #38 of 90 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #680 of 2,149 ▼ 98 | #41 of 90 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,098 of 2,267 | #18 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #806 of 2,077 | #79 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #927 of 2,108 | #50 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #1,428 of 2,188 | #49 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #695 of 1,374 | #47 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 46% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 56% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 54% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 45% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 54% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 49% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 58% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 55% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in SEMINOLE, Florida. The school's 580 students are in pre-K through 5.
PINELLAS (151 schools, 87,955 students) runs STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 74% of Pinellas County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 38 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.3:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Roughly 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.8% is 9.6 points above the 58.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Pinellas County show that the median household income is $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
Nearby, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 607 in 2020-21 to 580 in 2024-25.
Discussions about STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 933 students
- SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLEHigh · 546 students
- BAUDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 530 students
Other Starkey Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Starkey Elementary. STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Starkey Elementary SchoolKERRVILLE, TX · 434 students
Nearby schools
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 933
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGH0.8 mi · 1,706
- BARDMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 457
- ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 405
- SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 371
- SOUTHERN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
Is STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.