Schools · Clearwater
Clearwater, FL schools
Clearwater’s public schools score close to Florida’s averages: 51% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 7 elementary schools through grade 5, then Clearwater Fundamental Middle School or Oak Grove Middle School and Clearwater High School or Countryside High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Clearwater’s School Grade: B
The public schools Clearwater’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 64% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
BTest scoresBGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 64%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (461)Better than 73%
High confidence. Built on 51,020 tested students and a graduating class of 7,421; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Clearwater kids go to school
Grades PK–5
7 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Pinellas County School DistrictGrades 6–8
A+Clearwater Fundamental Middle School or C+Oak Grove Middle School
Depends on your address Pinellas County School DistrictGrades 9–12
C-Clearwater High School or CCountryside High School
Depends on your address Pinellas County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Pinellas County)51%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Pinellas County)51%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
7,421
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #59 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving Clearwater
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 33 schools in Clearwater
Showing 1–30 of 33 schools
Discovery Academy of ScienceElementary · Grades K–8 · 722 students
ACharterPlumb Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 704 students
B+PublicEisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 678 students
C+PublicLeila Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 636 students
A-PublicPlato Academy ClearwaterElementary · Grades K–8 · 616 students
ACharterSkycrest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 521 students
C+PublicBelleair Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 455 students
B-PublicSandy Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 288 students
DPublicKings Highway Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 277 students
B-PublicSkycrest Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 567 students
PrivateSt. Cecelia Interparochial SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 454 students
PrivateCountryside Christian AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 245 students
PrivateCommunity Learning Center AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 89 students
PrivateThe Depaul School for DyslexiaElementary · Grades 1–8 · 86 students
PrivateFirst Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 78 students
PrivateClearwater Fundamental Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 736 students
A+PublicOak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 724 students
C+PublicChi Chi Rodriquez AcademyMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 90 students
D-PublicClearwater High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,543 students
C-PublicCountryside High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,396 students
CPublicEnterprise Charter High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 387 students
D-CharterPinellas Gulf Coast AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 202 students
D-PublicPinellas High InnovationOther · Grades 4–11 · 194 students
D-PublicPaul B. Stephens Ese CenterOther · Grades PK–12 · 137 students
D-PublicCalvin A. Hunsinger SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 101 students
DPublicClearwater Academy InternationalOther · Grades PK–12 · 334 students
PrivateDelphi Academy of FloridaOther · Grades PK–12 · 279 students
PrivateLearning Independence for Tomorrow IncOther · Grades K–12 · 170 students
PrivateWashburn AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 161 students
PrivateIva Christian SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 108 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.