The top reported proficiency rate is 61% in Math. The lowest is 52% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on High Point Elementary School
High Point Elementary sits in Clearwater's 33760 zip code, an area that blends residential neighborhoods with the commercial and industrial corridors typical of the city's interior. Clearwater itself is a mid-sized Pinellas County city with a split personality: a compact downtown core near the waterfront that is currently undergoing its most ambitious redevelopment in decades, and sprawling car-oriented suburban development along arterials like US 19 and Gulf to Bay Boulevard. The school is part of the Pinellas County Schools district, the single district serving all of Pinellas County.
The student body is moderately sized for an elementary school. Hispanic students make up the largest share of enrollment, followed by white and Black students, with smaller numbers of Asian, multiracial, and other groups. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this squarely among Pinellas County schools serving higher-poverty populations. English learner and IEP data were not available in what was provided, which a parent may want to follow up on directly with the school, particularly if their child has language support or special education needs.
Florida reports state assessment results through the FAST system for grades three through five, and High Point's numbers give a mixed picture. In math, third graders come in above the midpoint of the Florida proficiency scale, and fourth graders are close behind. Fifth grade math falls to roughly half proficient. In ELA, third grade is near sixty percent proficient, fourth grade hovers just above half, and fifth grade drops to well below half. Science, tested only in fifth grade, lands just above half. The pattern across subjects is consistent: a meaningful gap opens by fifth grade, and ELA proficiency in the upper elementary years is the softer point. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers are improving, holding, or declining. A parent who cares deeply about literacy outcomes in grades four and five may want to ask the school directly what interventions are in place for students who are not yet proficient in reading.
The comparison framework could not be applied here in the usual way because Pinellas County has a single district, which means there is no within-county district comparison set to position this school against. Chronic absenteeism and graduation rate data were both absent, the latter expected since this is a PreK through fifth grade school.
On the district side, two changes are worth knowing. Pinellas County Schools publicly earned its first-ever top state letter grade from the Florida Department of Education in 2024, tied in part to a district-designed ELA curriculum built around the science of reading, starting in the earliest grades and extending through fifth. That curriculum is the context for High Point's current instruction. The district also won voter approval in November 2024 to renew and expand its local school property tax, doubling the rate for a multi-year period. The funds support teacher and staff bonuses and programs in reading, music, art, and technology. For a prospective homebuyer in the 33760 zip code, this represents a real and ongoing cost, but also a stabilizing source of funding for school programs.
The local housing market is relevant context. Home values in the zip code are meaningfully below both the Florida statewide median and the national median, and they have declined over the past year. Rents have also pulled back. That combination makes the immediate area more accessible to buyers and renters than many other parts of Pinellas County, though mortgage rates nationally remain elevated. The rent-to-income ratio for the area is in a range that economists generally consider near the affordability threshold.
Program details for High Point were not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to say anything about enrichment offerings, extracurriculars, or specialized instruction beyond what the state curriculum context suggests.
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