Public Schools in St. Petersburg

Federal records list 45 Pinellas County Schools campuses with a St. Petersburg mailing address, from 28 elementary schools to 6 high schools, all overseen by the countywide district (NCES school search).

The 45 St. Petersburg addresses break down as 28 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 2 K-8 schools, 6 high schools and 2 schools with other grade spans, Lealman Innovation Academy for grades 5 to 12 and Pinellas MYcroSchool for grades 7 to 12 (NCES; NCES).

Three of the St. Petersburg schools carry a charter school flag in the state grades file: St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, St. Petersburg Collegiate STEM High School and Plato Academy of St. Petersburg (FDOE 2026 school grades). The Digital Towns guide to Pinellas County Schools covers the district's board, budget and overall grade; this page covers the campuses.

Four traditional high schools have St. Petersburg addresses, and three of them, St. Petersburg High, Northeast High and Lakewood High, rose from B to A in 2026, while Gibbs High held a C (FDOE row 2888; FDOE row 2844).

St. Petersburg High, at 2501 5th Ave. N, is the largest with 1,736 students in 2024-25, and earned 69 percent of points in 2026 (NCES; FDOE). Northeast High on 16th St. N enrolled 1,684 and earned 65 percent, the minimum for an A at a high school, while Lakewood High on 54th Ave. S earned 68 percent (NCES; FDOE row 2862; FDOE row 2851).

Gibbs High, at 850 34th St. S with 1,125 students, earned 51 percent of points in 2026 and has held a C in each graded year shown back to 2021 (FDOE row 2844; NCES). The two St. Petersburg Collegiate charter high schools post the highest numbers in the city: 95 percent for St. Petersburg Collegiate High School on 5th Ave. N and 90 percent for St. Petersburg Collegiate STEM High School at 244 2nd Ave. N (FDOE row 2926; FDOE row 2931).

St. Petersburg has seven middle schools and two K-8 schools, and in 2026 five of the nine earned an A, two a B and two, Azalea Middle and Meadowlawn Middle, a C (FDOE row 2809; FDOE school grades).

Mangrove Bay Middle, the smallest St. Petersburg middle school at 317 students on 62nd Ave. NE, posted the highest middle school figure in the city at 71 percent (FDOE row 2912; NCES). Bay Point Middle on 62nd Ave. S rose from a B to an A at 64 percent, while Tyrone Middle on 66th St. N slipped from an A to a B at 59 percent (FDOE row 2814; FDOE row 2906).

The two St. Petersburg K-8 options both earned an A: James B. Sanderlin K-8 on 22nd Ave. S at 67 percent and the charter Plato Academy of St. Petersburg on Park St. N at 72 percent (FDOE school grades; FDOE row 2934). Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle, with 751 students on 22nd Ave. S, kept its A at 66 percent (NCES; FDOE).

All 28 St. Petersburg elementary schools earned an A or a B in 2026, with 21 A grades and 7 B grades and none graded C or lower, by a Digital Towns count of the state file (FDOE 2026 school grades).

The only two-letter jump among St. Petersburg schools came at Bay Point Elementary on 22nd St. S, which went from a C in 2025 to an A in 2026 at 68 percent of points (FDOE row 2813). Shore Acres Elementary on 62nd Ave. NE, the largest St. Petersburg elementary school at 690 students, kept its A at 75 percent (NCES; FDOE).

The top elementary figures in St. Petersburg belong to Pasadena Fundamental at 79 percent and Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet at 78 percent (FDOE 2026 school grades). An elementary school needs 62 percent of points for an A on the state scale (FDOE grading scale note).

A St. Petersburg family finds its assigned school by entering the home address in the Pinellas County Schools School Zone Locator, then reserves a seat online through the Focus system (Pinellas County Schools enroll page).

The Pinellas enroll page links the locator with separate elementary, middle and high school zone maps that show other schools near a St. Petersburg home. The same Focus online application is used to reserve a seat, change a residential address, apply for a District Application Program or submit a Special Assignment Request (PCS enroll page).

The Pinellas enroll page had not caught up with the calendar when checked on October 15, 2026: it still tells new families to enroll for the 2025-2026 school year and lists next-year seat reservations as 2026-27 starting January 5, 2027 (PCS enroll page). A St. Petersburg family moving in now should confirm the current year with the Student Assignment Office before relying on those labels. Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the Pinellas County Schools website.

Bay Point Elementary and Bay Point Middle in St. Petersburg are being combined into one K-8 school, after a Pinellas School Board vote on February 24, 2026 (PCS Planning for Progress).

On October 14, 2026 the district announced that the School Board had approved the name Bay Point K-8 for the combined St. Petersburg school (Pinellas County Schools). The two St. Petersburg campuses are Bay Point Elementary at 5800 22nd St. S with 390 students and Bay Point Middle at 2151 62nd Ave. S with 519 students in 2024-25 (NCES).

The merger follows a strong year at both St. Petersburg buildings: the elementary school rose from a C to an A and the middle school from a B to an A in the 2026 state grades (FDOE row 2813; FDOE row 2814).