Shore Acres, St. Petersburg: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the City of St. Petersburg’s neighborhood association map, parcel map and parks layer, the Shore Acres Civic Association, Pinellas County Schools’ School Zone Locator, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research), PSTA schedule data and © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Shore Acres is a waterfront area of single-family homes on canals and bayous in northeast St. Petersburg, on Tampa Bay north of Snell Isle. On the city’s map it is the area of the Shore Acres Civic Association, about 852 acres. The association calls it an “island community.”

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Northeast High for all 16 addresses we checked. It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades. Check an exact address with the district’s School Zone Locator.
• Home value: $398,232 in ZIP code 33703 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-275 exits: exit 26 (54th Avenue North) and exit 25 (38th Avenue North).

Part of our St. Petersburg neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the city’s map the association’s area sits on Tampa Bay, with Bayou Grande Boulevard NE and Shore Acres Boulevard NE as its main roads. Overlook Drive NE, Venetian Boulevard NE and the state-named avenues, such as Arkansas Avenue NE and Connecticut Avenue NE, fill the rest. Snell Isle, with its own page, is to the south.

The city’s parcel map shows 3,081 parcels: 2,558 single-family homes, 309 multifamily parcels and 167 vacant residential lots. Nearly all are in ZIP code 33703.

Schools

We checked 16 residential addresses spread across the area in Pinellas County Schools’ School Zone Locator on Oct. 11 for the 2026-27 school year. Grades are from the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades.

Each school name links to its state report card. The locator showed no change for any of these addresses under the district’s Planning for Progress rezoning proposal for 2027-28, which the School Board is scheduled to vote on Tuesday, Oct. 13. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 33703 was $398,232 in August 2026, down 2.7% from $409,445 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, houses and condos together, not a sale price. ZIP code 33703 reaches west of Shore Acres, so the figure is not the area’s alone. Zillow’s figure for St. Petersburg as a whole was $354,074, down 1.1%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks layer, inside the area:

• Shore Acres Park, 4230 Shore Acres Blvd. NE
• Denver Park, Ohio Avenue NE at Denver Street NE, about 10 acres
• Arrowhead Park, Arrowhead Drive NE
• Shore Acres Mini-Park, Bayou Grande Boulevard NE at Chancellor Street NE
• Ponderosa Shores, 54th Avenue NE at 14th Street NE

See our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-275: exit 26 (54th Avenue North) and exit 25 (38th Avenue North), by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
• City Hall, 175 5th St. N: about 4.9 miles by road.
• Airports: about 17.7 miles to Tampa International Airport and about 10.4 miles to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine from the middle of the area, not drive times.
• Bus: PSTA’s most recent public schedule data (the service that began Nov. 30, 2025) shows no stops inside the area; routes run on 4th Street North. Check with PSTA at 727-540-1900.

More in our getting around guide.

HOAs and neighborhood associations

The city’s registry lists the Shore Acres Civic Association as active, meeting monthly on the first Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Shore Acres Recreation Center. It is a voluntary civic association. Its website lists projects such as the neighborhood entryway signs and work on a new recreation center.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists no supermarket or pharmacy inside the area. The nearest are about 1.3 miles from its edge, near 4th Street North and 37th Avenue North: a Publix at 200 37th Ave. N, a CVS Pharmacy at 294 37th Ave. N and a Walgreens at 3851 4th St. N.

How we drew this area

This page follows the Shore Acres Civic Association boundary on the City of St. Petersburg’s neighborhood association map. Parcel counts and ZIP codes come from the city’s parcel map. School results are a sample of 16 addresses, so check your own. Road distances and store locations use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is Shore Acres zoned for?

All 16 Shore Acres addresses we checked in the district’s School Zone Locator for 2026-27 are zoned for Shore Acres Elementary, Meadowlawn Middle and Northeast High.

Is Shore Acres a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Shore Acres is an 852-acre waterfront area of mostly single-family homes with five city parks and its own recreation center, zoned for Northeast High, rated A in Florida’s 2026 grades. The typical home value in ZIP code 33703 was $398,232 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

What ZIP code is Shore Acres in St. Petersburg?

33703, for nearly every parcel in the association’s area on the city’s map.

Does a bus run to Shore Acres?

PSTA’s most recent public schedule data shows no stops inside the area.