NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Largo, FL

18 public K-12 schools in Largo from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

18
Schools
11,699
Students
41.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Largo has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Largo sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Largo's 18 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 53-point gap between Pinellas Virtual Franchise and Largo High School shows the range hidden by Largo's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
60th percentile

Largo High School accounts for 17.6% of all Largo public-school enrollment

That concentration means Largo-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Largo school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Largo school enrollment ranges from 153 students (lowest) to 2,058 students (highest), a spread of 1,905 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Largo operates one school district — a single-district system

Largo's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Largo student-teacher ratio is 14.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Largo is typically wider than the Largo-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of Largo's 18 listed schools are charters

22% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Pinellas Virtual Franchise 73
2. Dropout Prevention School 70
3. Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy 53
4. Pinellas Academy of Math and Science 50
5. Plato Seminole 48
6. Pinellas Preparatory Academy 45
7. Anona Elementary School 45
8. Plato Academy Largo Charter School 44
9. Oakhurst Elementary School 41
10. Ridgecrest Elementary School 39
11. Largo Middle School 38
12. Walsingham Elementary School 36
13. Mildred Helms Elementary School 34
14. Fuguitt Elementary School 32
15. Southern Oak Elementary School 29
16. Pinellas Park High School 27
17. Fitzgerald Middle School 27
18. Largo High School 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Largo

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ridgecrest Elementary School 73.5/100
  2. 2 Fitzgerald Middle School 71.3/100
  3. 3 Pinellas Park High School 70.5/100
  4. 4 Largo Middle School 70.5/100
  5. 5 Largo High School 70.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Largo?

Which Largo school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Pinellas Virtual Franchise has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Largo schools in this federal-data comparison at 73/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Largo, FL?

Largo has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,699 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.