The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Science. The lowest is 72% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Lake St. George Elementary School
Lake St. George Elementary sits on County Road 95 in Palm Harbor, an unincorporated Gulf Coast community in northern Pinellas County. Palm Harbor is largely built out and car-dependent, with a historic downtown core near Alternate U.S. 19 that has a walkable, golf-cart-friendly character, and quieter coastal pockets like Ozona and Crystal Beach that still carry an old-Florida fishing-village feel. Most families in the surrounding neighborhoods live in residential subdivisions ranging from waterfront and golf communities to master-planned developments in the East Lake corridor. The Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail runs the length of the community for biking and walking, Wall Springs Park and John Chesnut Sr. Park offer nature trails near Lake Tarpon, and a locally-funded library and parks system reflects a community that has actively taxed itself to sustain civic amenities.
The housing market near the school has been softening. Typical home values in the area have pulled back relative to the past year and now sit modestly below the Florida state median, while rents have also edged down. Monthly ownership costs remain substantial given where mortgage rates stand, and rent consumes a meaningful share of household income at prevailing levels. For a family deciding whether to buy into this attendance zone, those trends are worth tracking.
On the academic side, the school's state assessment results are genuinely strong. Florida reports proficiency grade by grade on FAST and the statewide science exam, and Lake St. George posts results well above what many Florida elementary schools achieve. Math proficiency across tested grades runs solidly in the upper seventies to low eighties. ELA results are in the low-to-mid seventies, which is a step behind the math picture but still healthy for an elementary school in this state. The fifth-grade science result is the standout, reaching the mid-eighties, a number that places the school among the better-performing elementaries in Florida for that subject. No multi-year trend data was available for comparison, so whether these results represent a sustained pattern or recent movement is not something this data can answer.
Demographically, the school draws a predominantly white student body, with Hispanic students making up roughly one in seven and Black students and students of two or more races each representing a smaller share. Close to two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a share that places this school's population in a middle range rather than either an affluent or high-poverty end of the spectrum. Data on IEP rates and English learner counts were not reported, so those dimensions of the student population are not visible here.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate and no AP or secondary-pathway data to consider at this level.
The parent district, Pinellas County Schools, provides relevant context. Publicly reported information indicates the district earned its first-ever "A" grade from Florida's Department of Education in 2024, tied to a districtwide shift toward a custom core ELA curriculum built around the science of reading and aligned to Florida's B.E.S.T. standards. The early-literacy component starts in kindergarten, with a word study approach extending through fifth grade, which is the full span Lake St. George covers. That curriculum alignment is directly relevant for families weighing reading development in the early grades. In November 2024, Pinellas County voters approved renewing and expanding the local school property tax, doubling the rate for several years ahead. The funds support teacher and staff bonuses plus reading, music, art, and technology programs. A prospective homebuyer in this attendance zone will carry that tax cost, and families already enrolled benefit from the program stability it provides.
No program-specific information, staffing ratios, attendance data, or discipline data was available for Lake St. George specifically, so a parent interested in those dimensions would want to contact the school directly.
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