Schools · St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, FL schools
St. Petersburg’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 26 schools through grade 8, then one of 8 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
St. Petersburg’s School Grade: B
The public schools St. Petersburg’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 (468)Better than 69%
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 St. Petersburg kids go to school
Based 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 St. Petersburg
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
St. Petersburg is home to 3 colleges
St Petersburg CollegeUniversity or college · Public · St. Petersburg13,501on campusEckerd CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Petersburg1,986on campusGalen College of Nursing-Tampa BayUniversity or college · For-profit · St. Petersburg1,601on campus
All 3 colleges in St. Petersburg →Every school
All 72 schools in St. Petersburg
Showing 1–30 of 72 schools
James B. Sanderlin K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 817 students
A-PublicShore Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 690 students
B+PublicNew Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 666 students
C-PublicBay Vista Fundamental Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 574 students
A-PublicSawgrass Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 573 students
C+PublicPerkins Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 561 students
BPublicDouglas L. Jamerson JR. ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 536 students
B+PublicCampbell Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 502 students
DPublicWestgate Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 498 students
BPublicSeventy-Fourth ST. ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 472 students
DPublicPasadena Fundamental Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 459 students
APublicLynch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 450 students
C+PublicLakewood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
BPublicNorth Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students
B-PublicAzalea Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 426 students
BPublicFairmount Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students
DPublicNorthwest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 418 students
BPublicBay Point Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 390 students
C+PublicPlato Academy of St.petersburgElementary · Grades K–8 · 374 students
A-CharterMidtown AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students
A-PublicMelrose Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 356 students
C-PublicJohn M. Sexton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students
B-PublicMaximo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 339 students
C-PublicMount Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 333 students
CPublicLakeview Fundamental ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 309 students
A-PublicBear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 237 students
B-PublicWoodlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 216 students
DPublicLutheran Church of the Cross Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 497 students
PrivateSt. Petersburg Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 356 students
PrivateSt. Jude Cathedral SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 334 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.