TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in TARPON SPRINGS, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS, works with 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that educates 87,955 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 28% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household earnings sit near $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 32% since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 417). White enrollment moved from 39% to 28% across the same window.

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