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RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL → NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER → BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL → CALVIN A. HUNSINGER SCHOOL → MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS → PINELLAS TELESCHOOL → PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY → PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER →At a glance
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 137 students:
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An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL PINELLAS PARK |
Public | 10.0 | 83 | — |
| NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER PINELLAS PARK |
Public | 10.5 | 99 | -5.7% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 5.9 | 139 | -20.1% |
| CALVIN A. HUNSINGER SCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 4.1 | 51 | — |
| MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS TAMPA |
Public | 15.4 | 95 | — |
| PINELLAS TELESCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 15.7 | 80 | — |
| PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY CLEARWATER |
Public | 2.1 | 202 | -9.4% |
| PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER LARGO |
Public | 6.1 | 47 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPaul B. Stephens Ese Center is a public high school in Clearwater, FL, enrolling 137 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
62% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Paul B. Stephens Ese Center's graduation rate? Paul B. Stephens Ese Center's federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Paul B. Stephens Ese Center? Paul B. Stephens Ese Center is a public high school in Clearwater, FL, enrolling 137 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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