Mangrove Bay Middle, 501 62nd Ave. NE: a grades 6 to 8 health and wellness magnet, 317 students in 2024-25, an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Pinellas County Schools’ magnet and fundamental programs page and student calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Mangrove Bay Middle is a Pinellas County Schools magnet middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 501 62nd Ave. NE, inside St. Petersburg city limits in the northeast of the city. It has no attendance zone: every student applies. The NCES directory lists it as a new school in 2024-25.

Who to call
Address 501 62nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Phone 727-893-1646
Grades 6 to 8
District Pinellas County Schools
State school number 52-5401

Principal

Principal Brett Patterson, according to the school’s About Us page.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 317 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 22 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers. That is about 14 students per teacher. The school says it takes up to 145 students per grade.

The state’s 2026 grades file lists 67% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle schools, the share of students passing high school courses or industry certifications. The file sets an A for middle schools at 64% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (71% of possible points)
2024-25 A

From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 70%
  • Math: 83%
  • Science: 59%
  • Social studies: 83%

The middle school acceleration figure was 95%. The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.

How admission works

Mangrove Bay’s Health and Wellness Leadership Academy is a south county magnet in the district’s application program. According to the school’s admission pages:

  • Families apply online through their Focus parent account. For 2027-28, the initial window is Jan. 5-15, 2027, and offers are accepted Feb. 10-19, 2027.
  • If eligible applicants outnumber the seats, up to 145 per grade, a computer draws them at random.
  • Priorities, such as for siblings and the children of active-duty military families, apply only in the initial application and acceptance periods. The district’s magnet guide gives feeder priority to students from Lakewood Elementary.

The district’s South County Fair for magnet and fundamental programs is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Gibbs High.

Programs

The school’s website describes a project-based curriculum with required wellness courses, sixth-grade teacher teams, a capstone service-learning project and high school credit courses. It lists volleyball and cross country in the fall, basketball and soccer in the winter, and flag football and track and field in the spring.

The district’s Planning for Progress recommendations, up for a School Board vote at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, do not name Mangrove Bay.

Calendar and bell times

School hours are 9:40 a.m. to 4:10 p.m., according to the school’s website, which matches the district’s 2026-27 bell times.

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: no school (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Nov. 21-29: Thanksgiving week, no school
  • Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, 2027: winter holidays; Monday, Jan. 4, is also off
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • March 13-21, 2027: spring holidays
  • Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school, with students released two hours early

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Mangrove Bay Middle serve?

Grades 6 to 8. It is a Pinellas County Schools magnet middle school at 501 62nd Ave. NE in St. Petersburg.

Is Mangrove Bay Middle a zoned school?

No. It is a district application program; families apply during the district’s window, Jan. 5-15, 2027, for 2027-28, and seats are filled by random selection if there are more applicants than seats.

What is Mangrove Bay Middle’s school grade?

Mangrove Bay earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 71% of possible points, and an A in 2025.

What time does Mangrove Bay Middle start?

School hours are 9:40 a.m. to 4:10 p.m., according to the school’s website.