St. Pete Standard

Palm Harbor University High School had the highest enrollment among Pinellas County schools, welcoming 2,502 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 74% of Palm Harbor University High School’s total enrollment.

Palm Harbor University High School is part of the Pinellas County School District, which generally encompasses schools within Pinellas County with its main office in Palm Harbor.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2,8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrolment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub’s analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Palm Harbor University High School	Palm Harbor	2,502
East Lake High School	Tarpon Springs	2,134
Largo High School	Largo	2,109
Dixie M. Hollins High School	Kenneth City	1,975
Pinellas Park High School	Largo	1,831
Northeast High School	St. Petersburg	1,762
Osceola Fundamental High School	Seminole	1,715
St. Petersburg High School	St. Petersburg	1,710
Clearwater High School	Clearwater	1,637
Countryside High School	Clearwater	1,593
Seminole High School	Seminole	1,388
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	Madeira Beach	1,334
Boca Ciega High School	Gulfport	1,211
Dunedin High School	Dunedin	1,190
Gibbs High School	St. Petersburg	1,131
Tarpon Springs High School	Tarpon Springs	1,086
Palm Harbor Middle School	Palm Harbor	1,040
Pinellas Park Middle School	Pinellas Park	1,018
Osceola Middle School	Seminole	986
Safety Harbor Middle School	Safety Harbor	977
Fitzgerald Middle School	Largo	971
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	Palm Harbor	957
Lakewood High School	St. Petersburg	895
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	Largo	894
Dunedin Highland Middle School	Dunedin	868
Tyrone Middle School	St. Petersburg	822
James B. Sanderlin K-8	St. Petersburg	816
Meadowlawn Middle School	St. Petersburg	801
John Hopkins Middle School	St. Petersburg	791
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	St. Petersburg	790
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	Largo	783
Largo Middle School	Largo	780
Seminole Middle School	Seminole	766
Ozona Elementary School	Palm Harbor	763
Oak Grove Middle School	Clearwater	762
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	Clearwater	755
Cypress Woods Elementary School	Palm Harbor	712
Shore Acres Elementary School	St. Petersburg	695
Azalea Middle School	St. Petersburg	684
Discovery Academy of Science	Dunedin	661
Plumb Elementary School	Clearwater	661
New Heights Elementary School	St. Petersburg	659
Oakhurst Elementary School	Largo	657
Bay Point Middle School	St. Petersburg	655
Leila Davis Elementary School	Clearwater	655
Safety Harbor Elementary School	Safety Harbor	635
Sutherland Elementary School	Palm Harbor	630
Eisenhower Elementary School	Clearwater	629
Tarpon Springs Middle School	Tarpon Springs	626
Plato Academy Clearwater	Clearwater	624
Curlew Creek Elementary School	Palm Harbor	620
Starkey Elementary School	Seminole	610
Frontier Elementary School	Clearwater	609
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	St. Petersburg	601
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	St. Petersburg	599
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	Dunedin	598
Skyview Elementary School	Pinellas Park	592
High Point Elementary School	Clearwater	580
Lake St. George Elementary School	Palm Harbor	572
Perkins Elementary School	St. Petersburg	569
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	St. Petersburg	559
Bauder Elementary School	Seminole	554
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	Seminole	553
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	Clearwater	546
Skycrest Elementary School	Clearwater	544
Westgate Elementary School	St. Petersburg	539
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	Pinellas Park	537
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	Dunedin	536
Ridgecrest Elementary School	Largo	533
Oldsmar Elementary School	Oldsmar	526
Mildred Helms Elementary School	Largo	521
Dropout Prevention School	Largo	517
Brooker Creek Elementary School	Tarpon Springs	509
Forest Lakes Elementary School	Oldsmar	501
Southern Oak Elementary School	Largo	495
Dunedin Elementary School	Dunedin	495
Belcher Elementary School	Clearwater	484
Lynch Elementary School	St. Petersburg	484
Pinellas Central Elementary School	Pinellas Park	484
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	Tarpon Springs	472
Anona Elementary School	Largo	470
Highland Lakes Elementary School	Palm Harbor	468
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	St. Petersburg	463
Campbell Park Elementary School	St. Petersburg	462
Fairmount Park Elementary School	St. Petersburg	459
Pinellas Park Elementary School	Pinellas Park	459
Blanton Elementary School	St. Petersburg	456
Belleair Elementary School	Clearwater	453
Azalea Elementary School	St. Petersburg	451
North Shore Elementary School	St. Petersburg	448
Bardmoor Elementary School	Seminole	445
Sunset Hills Elementary School	Tarpon Springs	444
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	Clearwater	440
Lakewood Elementary School	St. Petersburg	440
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	Pinellas Park	439
Fuguitt Elementary School	Largo	437
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	Palm Harbor	431
Northwest Elementary School	St. Petersburg	430
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	St. Petersburg	426
Orange Grove Elementary School	Seminole	424
Athenian Academy	Clearwater	418
Seminole Elementary School	Seminole	402
John M. Sexton Elementary School	St. Petersburg	401
Bay Point Elementary School	St. Petersburg	401
Lealman Innovation Academy	St. Petersburg	394
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	St. Petersburg	393
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	Tarpon Springs	388
Walsingham Elementary School	Largo	380
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	Gulfport	379
Mount Vernon Elementary School	St. Petersburg	373
Maximo Elementary School	St. Petersburg	372
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	St. Petersburg	370
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	Tarpon Springs	367
Midtown Academy	St. Petersburg	366
Melrose Elementary School	St. Petersburg	363
Enterprise Charter High School	Clearwater	357
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	Palm Harbor	353
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	Largo	337
San Jose Elementary School	Dunedin	335
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	St. Petersburg	333
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	Dunedin	331
Plato Seminole	Largo	329
Cross Bayou Elementary School	Pinellas Park	323
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	St. Petersburg	316
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	Largo	316
Sandy Lane Elementary School	Clearwater	308
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	Clearwater	277
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	Tarpon Springs	272
Bear Creek Elementary School	St. Petersburg	265
Woodlawn Elementary School	St. Petersburg	256
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	St. Petersburg	244
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	Largo	218
Ese Countywide	Pinellas Park	209
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas	Tarpon Springs	209
Clearwater Intermediate School	Clearwater	172
Bayside High School	Clearwater	170
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	Clearwater	148
Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie	St. Petersburg	147
Nina Harris Ese Center	Pinellas Park	144
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	Clearwater	115
Disston Academy	Gulfport	101
Pinellas Teleschool	Clearwater	98
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	Clearwater	83
Pinellas Secondary School	Pinellas Park	79
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	Clearwater	76
Hospital/Homebound	Clearwater	66
Richard L. Sanders School	Pinellas Park	55
Pace Center for Girls	Pinellas Park	40
Pinellas County Jail	Clearwater	16