THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL

THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools within PINELLAS, with 751 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL is one of 151 schools operated by PINELLAS, a district that caters to 87,955 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL records that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 67.3%, a residual of +6.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pinellas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

The closest other public school is DOUGLAS L. JAMERSON JR. ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THURGOOD MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL has declined 19%, going from 930 students in 2018 to 751 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 49% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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