Pinellas Times

Pinellas County School District had a decrease in student enrollment during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education. Overall, there was a total of 93,702 students enrolled in the district in the academic year.

Data reveals that the majority of students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year were white, representing 51.2% of the Pinellas County School District total enrollment.

Additionally, the largest portion of students in the district are enrolled in elementary school grades, making up 42.5% of the total enrollment.

Pinellas County School District covers 149 schools within Pinellas County, with its main office in Largo.

Among the 149 schools in Pinellas County School District, Palm Harbor University High School recorded the highest enrollment of 2,474 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Palm Harbor University High School	2,474
East Lake High School	2,286
Largo High School	2,055
Pinellas Park High School	1,919
Bayside High School	1,854
Dixie M. Hollins High School	1,822
Countryside High School	1,741
St. Petersburg High School	1,723
Osceola Fundamental High School	1,715
Clearwater High School	1,664
Northeast High School	1,552
Seminole High School	1,546
Boca Ciega High School	1,423
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	1,343
Dunedin High School	1,203
Gibbs High School	1,160
Tarpon Springs High School	1,139
Pinellas Park Middle School	1,126
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	1,098
Palm Harbor Middle School	1,080
Seminole Middle School	1,072
Fitzgerald Middle School	1,033
Osceola Middle School	999
Safety Harbor Middle School	974
Lakewood High School	915
Dunedin Highland Middle School	899
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	888
Largo Middle School	882
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	879
Tyrone Middle School	847
Oak Grove Middle School	843
Meadowlawn Middle School	832
Woodlawn Elementary School	794
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	794
San Jose Elementary School	779
James B. Sanderlin K-8	775
Bay Point Middle School	770
Ozona Elementary School	762
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	753
John Hopkins Middle School	723
Shore Acres Elementary School	709
Cypress Woods Elementary School	709
Northwest Elementary School	696
Frontier Elementary School	688
Azalea Middle School	678
Leila Davis Elementary School	665
Oakhurst Elementary School	664
Eisenhower Elementary School	661
Safety Harbor Elementary School	657
Starkey Elementary School	657
Bauder Elementary School	644
Tarpon Springs Middle School	644
Curlew Creek Elementary School	634
Plato Academy Clearwater	630
Sutherland Elementary School	627
Plumb Elementary School	622
New Heights Elementary School	615
High Point Elementary School	609
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	596
Skyview Elementary School	595
Lake St. George Elementary School	595
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	593
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	589
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	578
Ridgecrest Elementary School	574
Skycrest Elementary School	565
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	562
Southern Oak Elementary School	556
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	554
Brooker Creek Elementary School	548
Oldsmar Elementary School	546
Discovery Academy of Science	542
Westgate Elementary School	541
Perkins Elementary School	539
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	536
Highland Lakes Elementary School	529
Seminole Elementary School	522
Mildred Helms Elementary School	514
Azalea Elementary School	507
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	506
North Shore Elementary School	501
Blanton Elementary School	500
Fairmount Park Elementary School	500
Pinellas Central Elementary School	498
Forest Lakes Elementary School	498
Melrose Elementary School	494
Belcher Elementary School	489
Lynch Elementary School	486
Lealman Innovation Academy	485
Fuguitt Elementary School	479
Dunedin Elementary School	476
Anona Elementary School	473
Belleair Elementary School	472
Campbell Park Elementary School	462
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	461
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	460
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	458
Bay Point Elementary School	453
Pinellas Park Elementary School	452
Sunset Hills Elementary School	451
Bardmoor Elementary School	449
John M. Sexton Elementary School	449
Maximo Elementary School	445
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	444
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	442
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	435
Orange Grove Elementary School	435
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	434
Lakewood Elementary School	425
Athenian Academy	413
Enterprise Charter High School	394
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	394
Walsingham Elementary School	392
Dropout Prevention School	379
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	376
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	374
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	370
Plato Seminole	366
Cross Bayou Elementary School	356
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	351
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	347
Mount Vernon Elementary School	345
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	345
Midtown Academy	337
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	329
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	308
Sandy Lane Elementary School	304
Bear Creek Elementary School	286
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	285
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	278
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	270
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	260
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	234
Pinellas Secondary School	194
Ese Countywide	190
Clearwater Intermediate School	165
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	165
Nina Harris Ese Center	154
Pinellas Teleschool	141
Disston Academy	106
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	68
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	66
Hospital/Homebound	62
Alfred Adler Elementary School	56
Richard L. Sanders School	54
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	48
Pace Center for Girls	28
Pinellas County Jail	11
Strive Academy	0