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ESE COUNTYWIDE → ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS → BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL → DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL → ENTERPRISE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL → ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL → ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL → PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: 53rd percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 47% in 2019 (Bottom 9% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy compares for families
What families should know about Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ESE COUNTYWIDE, ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS, BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2153rd percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 9% 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 Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 202 students:
≈ 19 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,525 per student in district revenue, the 19 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $237,975/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESE COUNTYWIDE PINELLAS PARK |
Public | 9.6 | 201 | -5.2% |
| ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS TARPON SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 10.3 | 223 | +6.7% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 5.5 | 139 | -20.1% |
| DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL LARGO |
Public | 5.0 | 336 | -23.5% |
| ENTERPRISE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 387 | +5.7% |
| ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE STEM HIGH SCHOOL ST. PETERBURG |
Public · charter | 15.2 | 220 | +279.3% |
| ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG |
Public · charter | 13.4 | 260 | +8.3% |
| PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER CLEARWATER |
Public | 2.1 | 90 | -17.4% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPinellas Gulf Coast Academy is a public high school in Clearwater, FL, enrolling 202 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2021 to 2024.
76 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 53% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 47% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 202 students per school counselor.
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 Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy's graduation rate? Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy's federal four-year graduation rate was about 47% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy? Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy is a public high school in Clearwater, FL, enrolling 202 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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