📍 1197 East Bay Dr, Largo, Pinellas County, 33770
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Largo, Pinellas County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pinellas school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 31.7:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 47%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy enrolls 285 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 31.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 145 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 285 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 158 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 67.
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy is one of 154 schools in PINELLAS, based in LARGO, Florida. The district serves 87,876 students district-wide and employs 5,803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 285 students, Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy is smaller than the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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