Pinellas Times

Pinellas County School District's ninth-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 7,959 students enrolled in district’s ninth-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 8.5% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the ninth-grade grew by 0.3% compared to the year before.

Pinellas County School District also had a high enrollment for the 10th-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, Palm Harbor University High School had the most ninth-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.

Data showed that Pinellas County School District enrolled a total of 93,702 students in the 2022-23 school year, the ninth highest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked ninth highest in the year before.

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.

Schools	Number of Students
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	345
Alfred Adler Elementary School	56
Anona Elementary School	473
Athenian Academy	413
Azalea Elementary School	507
Azalea Middle School	678
Bardmoor Elementary School	449
Bauder Elementary School	644
Bay Point Elementary School	453
Bay Point Middle School	770
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	589
Bayside High School	1,854
Bear Creek Elementary School	286
Belcher Elementary School	489
Belleair Elementary School	472
Blanton Elementary School	500
Boca Ciega High School	1,423
Brooker Creek Elementary School	548
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	68
Campbell Park Elementary School	462
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	66
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	753
Clearwater High School	1,664
Clearwater Intermediate School	165
Countryside High School	1,741
Cross Bayou Elementary School	356
Curlew Creek Elementary School	634
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	536
Cypress Woods Elementary School	709
Discovery Academy of Science	542
Disston Academy	106
Dixie M. Hollins High School	1,822
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	554
Dropout Prevention School	379
Dunedin Elementary School	476
Dunedin High School	1,203
Dunedin Highland Middle School	899
East Lake High School	2,286
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	394
Eisenhower Elementary School	661
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	442
Enterprise Charter High School	394
Ese Countywide	190
Fairmount Park Elementary School	500
Fitzgerald Middle School	1,033
Forest Lakes Elementary School	498
Frontier Elementary School	688
Fuguitt Elementary School	479
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	593
Gibbs High School	1,160
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	329
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	435
High Point Elementary School	609
Highland Lakes Elementary School	529
Hospital/Homebound	62
James B. Sanderlin K-8	775
John Hopkins Middle School	723
John M. Sexton Elementary School	449
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	1,098
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	278
Lake St. George Elementary School	595
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	351
Lakewood Elementary School	425
Lakewood High School	915
Largo High School	2,055
Largo Middle School	882
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	434
Lealman Innovation Academy	485
Leila Davis Elementary School	665
Lynch Elementary School	486
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	1,343
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	460
Maximo Elementary School	445
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	458
Meadowlawn Middle School	832
Melrose Elementary School	494
Midtown Academy	337
Mildred Helms Elementary School	514
Mount Vernon Elementary School	345
New Heights Elementary School	615
Nina Harris Ese Center	154
North Shore Elementary School	501
Northeast High School	1,552
Northwest Elementary School	696
Oak Grove Middle School	843
Oakhurst Elementary School	664
Oldsmar Elementary School	546
Orange Grove Elementary School	435
Osceola Fundamental High School	1,715
Osceola Middle School	999
Ozona Elementary School	762
Pace Center for Girls	28
Palm Harbor Middle School	1,080
Palm Harbor University High School	2,474
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	461
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	165
Perkins Elementary School	539
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	879
Pinellas Central Elementary School	498
Pinellas County Jail	11
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	285
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	48
Pinellas Park Elementary School	452
Pinellas Park High School	1,919
Pinellas Park Middle School	1,126
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	794
Pinellas Secondary School	194
Pinellas Teleschool	141
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	260
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	374
Plato Academy Clearwater	630
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	347
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	370
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	562
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	376
Plato Seminole	366
Plumb Elementary School	622
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	308
Richard L. Sanders School	54
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	578
Ridgecrest Elementary School	574
Safety Harbor Elementary School	657
Safety Harbor Middle School	974
San Jose Elementary School	779
Sandy Lane Elementary School	304
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	596
Seminole Elementary School	522
Seminole High School	1,546
Seminole Middle School	1,072
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	444
Shore Acres Elementary School	709
Skycrest Elementary School	565
Skyview Elementary School	595
Southern Oak Elementary School	556
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	234
St. Petersburg High School	1,723
Starkey Elementary School	657
Strive Academy	0
Sunset Hills Elementary School	451
Sutherland Elementary School	627
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	506
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	270
Tarpon Springs High School	1,139
Tarpon Springs Middle School	644
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	888
Tyrone Middle School	847
Walsingham Elementary School	392
Westgate Elementary School	541
Woodlawn Elementary School	794
Total Pinellas County School District	93,702