The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Math. The lowest is 42% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Alfred Adler Elementary School
Alfred Adler Elementary School, located on 38th Avenue North in St. Petersburg, is listed as closed in the federal school records. The school was part of Pinellas County Schools and served fourth and fifth graders based on the state assessment data available. Because it is no longer operating, this profile reflects what is on record rather than a living school a family could enroll in today.
The state assessment data that exists covers a narrow window. Fourth-grade math results from the 2021-22 school year show that a majority of tested students reached proficiency on the FSA. Fourth-grade ELA results from the same year were lower, with fewer than half of tested students reaching proficiency. A fifth-grade science result from 2018-19 shows roughly half of tested students at proficiency. All three tested groups were quite small, so these figures carry real uncertainty; a handful of students shifting either way would move the numbers substantially. Trend data is not available, and the participation rate in both 2021-22 subjects was notably low, which means the tested group may not have represented the full student body. A parent reviewing these numbers should keep that context in mind.
Demographic and enrollment data for the school is not available in the records, so there is nothing to report on student composition, economic need, or special-population services.
Because the school is closed, graduation rates, AP or dual-credit pathways, and program offerings are not applicable. These are secondary and post-secondary metrics, and the school served only elementary grades in any case.
The surrounding neighborhood sits in a zip code where home values are currently roughly in line with the Florida statewide median and have softened modestly over the past year. Rents in the area have edged slightly upward over the same period. The rent-to-income ratio suggests housing costs here are a real portion of a household budget, and monthly mortgage estimates at current rates would represent a meaningful commitment. Families weighing a move into this part of St. Petersburg are entering a city in an active growth phase. Publicly reported development activity points to a sustained building cycle that began during the pandemic and continues, with large mixed-use and residential projects advancing across the city, including a generational redevelopment of the roughly 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District. Affordable and workforce housing construction has also been publicly reported as ongoing citywide.
St. Petersburg itself offers a dense, walkable downtown core with a strong waterfront park network, a bus rapid transit line connecting downtown to the beaches, and a downtown trolley. Major employers span financial services, global electronics manufacturing, health systems, and marine and life sciences anchored partly by federal agencies and a university campus integrated into the downtown. The Central Avenue corridor and arts districts like the Grand Central and EDGE areas carry everyday retail, dining, and cultural programming.
For the Pinellas district more broadly, voters in late 2024 renewed and expanded a local-option school property tax, which publicly reported sources describe as supporting teacher and staff bonuses and programs in reading, music, art, and technology. That is a real cost for homeowners in the district and also a stabilizing factor for school programming. The district also developed its own early-literacy curriculum aligned to Florida's B.E.S.T. standards, extending a science-of-reading approach through the elementary grades, and publicly reported sources note the district earned its first-ever top state grade in 2024.
Since Alfred Adler Elementary is closed, families in this part of St. Petersburg would be looking at other Pinellas County elementary schools. The district context above is relevant to wherever in the system a child would land.
See more original research from School Decision →