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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002561
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3535 CULBREATH RD, VALRICO, FL 33596 · (813) 744-8190 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
151 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 61.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 568 | 26.6% | 66.6% |
| VETERANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 638 | 27.0% | 61.8% |
| LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 559 | 29.3% | 56.6% |
| PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 522 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
| HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 494 | 31.6% | 67.7% |
| TINKER K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 560 | 27.0% | 72.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #582 of 2,136 | #40 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #525 of 2,149 ▲ 354 | #40 of 176 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #576 of 2,149 ▲ 342 | #38 of 176 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,153 of 2,267 | #93 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #328 of 2,077 | #25 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #677 of 2,108 | #71 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #1,890 of 2,188 | #137 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #853 of 1,374 | #79 of 124 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
568
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,091
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 568 | 40.6 | 14.0:1 | 27% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 30% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 39% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 41% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 36% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 33% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 1,276 | 59 | 21.6:1 | 9% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 1,091 | 57 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in VALRICO, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 568 students.
HILLSBOROUGH, which runs ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. The remaining students are 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 40.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.0:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The school counts 151 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hillsborough County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.8% at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in the county.
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 596 in 2020-21 to 568 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in VALRICO
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,208 students
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,027 students
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICOElementary · 906 students
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,208
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 789
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICO1.1 mi · 906
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 609
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,027
- BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.