There were 90,875 students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Florida Department of Education.
Data showed that white students made up 50.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pinellas County schools, followed by 20.4% of Hispanic students, 19.1% of Black students and 5.6% of multiracial students.
Palm Harbor University High School registered the highest enrollment among Pinellas County’s 149 schools at the time, welcoming 2,502 students.
As of the 2024-25 school year, Florida had a total of 4,471 public schools serving over 2.8 million students across the state.
As of 2025, Florida has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 18:1, which is significantly worse than the national average of 15:1. The state’s worst ratios are found in high schools, with an average ratio of 21:1.
Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.
According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranks 50th in the U.S. in terms of teacher salaries, only ahead of West Virginia.
Enrollment in Pinellas County Over 5 Years
Enrollment in Pinellas County Schools Compared to Previous Year
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Harbor University High School | 2,474 | 2,502 | 1.1% |
| East Lake High School | 2,286 | 2,134 | -6.6% |
| Largo High School | 2,055 | 2,109 | 2.6% |
| Dixie M. Hollins High School | 1,822 | 1,975 | 8.4% |
| Pinellas Park High School | 1,919 | 1,831 | -4.6% |
| Northeast High School | 1,736 | 1,762 | 1.5% |
| Osceola Fundamental High School | 1,715 | 1,715 | 0% |
| St. Petersburg High School | 1,723 | 1,710 | -0.8% |
| Clearwater High School | 1,664 | 1,637 | -1.6% |
| Countryside High School | 1,741 | 1,593 | -8.5% |
| Seminole High School | 1,546 | 1,388 | -10.2% |
| Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8 | 1,343 | 1,334 | -0.7% |
| Boca Ciega High School | 1,423 | 1,211 | -14.9% |
| Dunedin High School | 1,203 | 1,190 | -1.1% |
| Gibbs High School | 1,160 | 1,131 | -2.5% |
| Tarpon Springs High School | 1,139 | 1,086 | -4.7% |
| Palm Harbor Middle School | 1,080 | 1,040 | -3.7% |
| Pinellas Park Middle School | 1,126 | 1,018 | -9.6% |
| Osceola Middle School | 1,009 | 986 | -2.3% |
| Safety Harbor Middle School | 974 | 977 | 0.3% |
| Fitzgerald Middle School | 1,033 | 971 | -6% |
| Joseph L. Carwise Middle School | 1,098 | 957 | -12.8% |
| Lakewood High School | 915 | 895 | -2.2% |
| Pinellas Academy of Math and Science | 879 | 894 | 1.7% |
| Dunedin Highland Middle School | 899 | 868 | -3.4% |
| Tyrone Middle School | 847 | 822 | -3% |
| James B. Sanderlin K-8 | 775 | 816 | 5.3% |
| Meadowlawn Middle School | 832 | 801 | -3.7% |
| John Hopkins Middle School | 723 | 791 | 9.4% |
| Thurgood Marshall Fundamental | 888 | 790 | -11% |
| Pinellas Preparatory Academy | 794 | 783 | -1.4% |
| Largo Middle School | 882 | 780 | -11.6% |
| Seminole Middle School | 824 | 766 | -7% |
| Ozona Elementary School | 762 | 763 | 0.1% |
| Oak Grove Middle School | 843 | 762 | -9.6% |
| Clearwater Fundamental Middle School | 753 | 755 | 0.3% |
| Cypress Woods Elementary School | 709 | 712 | 0.4% |
| Shore Acres Elementary School | 709 | 695 | -2% |
| Azalea Middle School | 678 | 684 | 0.9% |
| Discovery Academy of Science | 542 | 661 | 22% |
| Plumb Elementary School | 622 | 661 | 6.3% |
| New Heights Elementary School | 615 | 659 | 7.2% |
| Oakhurst Elementary School | 664 | 657 | -1.1% |
| Bay Point Middle School | 770 | 655 | -14.9% |
| Leila Davis Elementary School | 665 | 655 | -1.5% |
| Safety Harbor Elementary School | 657 | 635 | -3.3% |
| Sutherland Elementary School | 627 | 630 | 0.5% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | 661 | 629 | -4.8% |
| Tarpon Springs Middle School | 644 | 626 | -2.8% |
| Plato Academy Clearwater | 630 | 624 | -1% |
| Curlew Creek Elementary School | 634 | 620 | -2.2% |
| Starkey Elementary School | 657 | 610 | -7.2% |
| Frontier Elementary School | 651 | 609 | -6.5% |
| Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School | 589 | 601 | 2% |
| Sawgrass Lake Elementary School | 596 | 599 | 0.5% |
| Garrison-Jones Elementary School | 593 | 598 | 0.8% |
| Skyview Elementary School | 595 | 592 | -0.5% |
| High Point Elementary School | 609 | 580 | -4.8% |
| Lake St. George Elementary School | 595 | 572 | -3.9% |
| Perkins Elementary School | 539 | 569 | 5.6% |
| Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School | 554 | 559 | 0.9% |
| Bauder Elementary School | 644 | 554 | -14% |
| Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole | 578 | 553 | -4.3% |
| Ponce De Leon Elementary School | 568 | 546 | -3.9% |
| Skycrest Elementary School | 565 | 544 | -3.7% |
| Westgate Elementary School | 541 | 539 | -0.4% |
| Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School | 562 | 537 | -4.4% |
| Curtis Fundamental Elementary School | 536 | 536 | 0% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School | 574 | 533 | -7.1% |
| Oldsmar Elementary School | 546 | 526 | -3.7% |
| Mildred Helms Elementary School | 514 | 521 | 1.4% |
| Dropout Prevention School | 379 | 517 | 36.4% |
| Brooker Creek Elementary School | 548 | 509 | -7.1% |
| Forest Lakes Elementary School | 498 | 501 | 0.6% |
| Southern Oak Elementary School | 556 | 495 | -11% |
| Dunedin Elementary School | 476 | 495 | 4% |
| Lynch Elementary School | 486 | 484 | -0.4% |
| Belcher Elementary School | 489 | 484 | -1% |
| Pinellas Central Elementary School | 498 | 484 | -2.8% |
| Tarpon Springs Elementary School | 506 | 472 | -6.7% |
| Anona Elementary School | 473 | 470 | -0.6% |
| Highland Lakes Elementary School | 529 | 468 | -11.5% |
| Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School | 461 | 463 | 0.4% |
| Campbell Park Elementary School | 462 | 462 | 0% |
| Pinellas Park Elementary School | 452 | 459 | 1.5% |
| Fairmount Park Elementary School | 500 | 459 | -8.2% |
| Blanton Elementary School | 500 | 456 | -8.8% |
| Belleair Elementary School | 472 | 453 | -4% |
| Azalea Elementary School | 507 | 451 | -11% |
| North Shore Elementary School | 501 | 448 | -10.6% |
| Bardmoor Elementary School | 449 | 445 | -0.9% |
| Sunset Hills Elementary School | 451 | 444 | -1.6% |
| McMullen-Booth Elementary School | 458 | 440 | -3.9% |
| Lakewood Elementary School | 425 | 440 | 3.5% |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School | 460 | 439 | -4.6% |
| Fuguitt Elementary School | 479 | 437 | -8.8% |
| Elisa Nelson Elementary School | 442 | 431 | -2.5% |
| Northwest Elementary School | 477 | 430 | -9.9% |
| Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School | 444 | 426 | -4.1% |
| Orange Grove Elementary School | 435 | 424 | -2.5% |
| Athenian Academy | 413 | 418 | 1.2% |
| Seminole Elementary School | 428 | 402 | -6.1% |
| John M. Sexton Elementary School | 449 | 401 | -10.7% |
| Bay Point Elementary School | 453 | 401 | -11.5% |
| Lealman Innovation Academy | 485 | 394 | -18.8% |
| Lealman Avenue Elementary School | 434 | 393 | -9.4% |
| East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering | 394 | 388 | -1.5% |
| Walsingham Elementary School | 392 | 380 | -3.1% |
| Gulfport Montessori Elementary School | 435 | 379 | -12.9% |
| Mount Vernon Elementary School | 345 | 373 | 8.1% |
| Maximo Elementary School | 445 | 372 | -16.4% |
| Plato Academy of St.petersburg | 376 | 370 | -1.6% |
| Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs | 374 | 367 | -1.9% |
| Midtown Academy | 337 | 366 | 8.6% |
| Melrose Elementary School | 322 | 363 | 12.7% |
| Enterprise Charter High School | 394 | 357 | -9.4% |
| Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School | 370 | 353 | -4.6% |
| Plato Academy Largo Charter School | 347 | 337 | -2.9% |
| San Jose Elementary School | 331 | 335 | 1.2% |
| Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School | 329 | 333 | 1.2% |
| Academie Da Vinci Charter School | 345 | 331 | -4.1% |
| Plato Seminole | 366 | 329 | -10.1% |
| Cross Bayou Elementary School | 356 | 323 | -9.3% |
| Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School | 351 | 316 | -10% |
| Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy | 285 | 316 | 10.9% |
| Sandy Lane Elementary School | 304 | 308 | 1.3% |
| Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School | 278 | 277 | -0.4% |
| Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School | 270 | 272 | 0.7% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School | 286 | 265 | -7.3% |
| Woodlawn Elementary School | 267 | 256 | -4.1% |
| St. Petersburg Collegiate High School | 234 | 244 | 4.3% |
| Pinellas Virtual Franchise | 260 | 218 | -16.2% |
| Ese Countywide | 190 | 209 | 10% |
| St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas | 186 | 209 | 12.4% |
| Clearwater Intermediate School | 165 | 172 | 4.2% |
| Bayside High School | 201 | 170 | -15.4% |
| Paul B. Stephens Ese Center | 165 | 148 | -10.3% |
| Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie | 143 | 147 | 2.8% |
| Nina Harris Ese Center | 154 | 144 | -6.5% |
| Calvin A. Hunsinger School | 68 | 115 | 69.1% |
| Disston Academy | 106 | 101 | -4.7% |
| Pinellas Teleschool | 141 | 98 | -30.5% |
| Pinellas Juvenile Det Center | 48 | 83 | 72.9% |
| Pinellas Secondary School | 194 | 79 | -59.3% |
| Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy | 66 | 76 | 15.2% |
| Hospital/Homebound | 62 | 66 | 6.5% |
| Richard L. Sanders School | 54 | 55 | 1.9% |
| Pace Center for Girls | 43 | 40 | -7% |
| Pinellas County Jail | 11 | 16 | 45.5% |
