WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in LARGO, Florida, overseen by PINELLAS, instructing 366 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.4%; actual is 65.7%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pinellas County shows 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%. WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTHERN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 366). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 52% to 45%.

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