SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized elementary school in PALM HARBOR, Florida, overseen by PINELLAS, serves 564 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Pinellas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.1%; SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 79.4%, +16.3 points above that line.

Around the school, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

Nearest neighbor: PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGH, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 76.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 648 (now 564). Class-load math has grew: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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