Pinellas Times

Pinellas County School District's 10th-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 7,733 students enrolled in district’s 10th-grade in the 2023-24 school year, making up 8.5% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the 10th-grade grew by 1.8% compared to the year before.

Pinellas County School District also had a high enrollment for the 11th-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, Palm Harbor University High School had the most 10th-grade students in the 2023-24 school year. Hospital/Homebound, Pace Center for Girls, and Pinellas County Jail had the fewest.

Data showed that Pinellas County School District enrolled a total of 91,021 students in the 2023-24 school year, the ninth highest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked ninth highest in the year before.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to face a teacher shortage in the 2023-24 school year. Despite some improvements, the state reported nearly 4,800 instructional vacancies at the beginning of the year. According to the Florida Department of Education, core subjects such as English, reading, and math among the areas with the highest demand for teachers.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranked 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year, with salaries lower than they were a decade ago when adjusted for inflation.

Governor DeSantis's budget for the 2024-25 school year allocates nearly $38 billion for education, with $1.25 billion dedicated to teachers' salaries and other instructional personnel.

Schools	Number of Students
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	331
Anona Elementary School	470
Athenian Academy	418
Azalea Elementary School	451
Azalea Middle School	684
Bardmoor Elementary School	445
Bauder Elementary School	554
Bay Point Elementary School	401
Bay Point Middle School	655
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	601
Bayside High School	2,040
Bear Creek Elementary School	265
Belcher Elementary School	484
Belleair Elementary School	453
Blanton Elementary School	456
Boca Ciega High School	1,211
Brooker Creek Elementary School	509
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	115
Campbell Park Elementary School	462
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	76
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	755
Clearwater High School	1,637
Countryside High School	1,593
Cross Bayou Elementary School	323
Curlew Creek Elementary School	620
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	536
Cypress Woods Elementary School	712
Discovery Academy of Science	661
Disston Academy	101
Dixie M. Hollins High School	1,975
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	559
Dropout Prevention School	517
Dunedin Elementary School	495
Dunedin High School	1,190
Dunedin Highland Middle School	868
East Lake High School	2,134
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	388
Eisenhower Elementary School	629
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	431
Enterprise Charter High School	357
Ese Countywide	209
Fairmount Park Elementary School	459
Fitzgerald Middle School	971
Forest Lakes Elementary School	501
Frontier Elementary School	694
Fuguitt Elementary School	437
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	598
Gibbs High School	1,131
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	333
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	379
High Point Elementary School	580
Highland Lakes Elementary School	468
Hospital/Homebound	66
James B. Sanderlin K-8	816
John Hopkins Middle School	791
John M. Sexton Elementary School	401
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	957
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	277
Lake St. George Elementary School	572
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	316
Lakewood Elementary School	440
Lakewood High School	895
Largo High School	2,109
Largo Middle School	780
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	393
Lealman Innovation Academy	394
Leila Davis Elementary School	655
Lynch Elementary School	484
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	1,334
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	439
Maximo Elementary School	372
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	440
Meadowlawn Middle School	801
Melrose Elementary School	507
Midtown Academy	366
Mildred Helms Elementary School	521
Mount Vernon Elementary School	373
New Heights Elementary School	659
Nina Harris Ese Center	144
North Shore Elementary School	448
Northeast High School	1,589
Northwest Elementary School	693
Oak Grove Middle School	762
Oakhurst Elementary School	657
Oldsmar Elementary School	526
Orange Grove Elementary School	424
Osceola Fundamental High School	1,715
Osceola Middle School	915
Ozona Elementary School	763
Pace Center for Girls	23
Palm Harbor Middle School	1,040
Palm Harbor University High School	2,502
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	463
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	148
Perkins Elementary School	569
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	894
Pinellas Central Elementary School	484
Pinellas County Jail	16
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	316
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	83
Pinellas Park Elementary School	459
Pinellas Park High School	1,831
Pinellas Park Middle School	1,018
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	783
Pinellas Secondary School	79
Pinellas Teleschool	98
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	218
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	367
Plato Academy Clearwater	624
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	337
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	353
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	537
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	370
Plato Seminole	329
Plumb Elementary School	661
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	286
Richard L. Sanders School	55
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	553
Ridgecrest Elementary School	533
Safety Harbor Elementary School	635
Safety Harbor Middle School	977
San Jose Elementary School	821
Sandy Lane Elementary School	308
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	599
Seminole Elementary School	492
Seminole High School	1,388
Seminole Middle School	1,068
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	426
Shore Acres Elementary School	695
Skycrest Elementary School	544
Skyview Elementary School	592
Southern Oak Elementary School	495
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	244
St. Petersburg High School	1,710
Starkey Elementary School	610
Sunset Hills Elementary School	444
Sutherland Elementary School	630
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	472
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	272
Tarpon Springs High School	1,086
Tarpon Springs Middle School	626
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	790
Tyrone Middle School	822
Walsingham Elementary School	380
Westgate Elementary School	539
Woodlawn Elementary School	777
Total Pinellas County School District	91,021