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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
568
-76 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.0:1
% White
49%
was 58%
% Hispanic
34%
was 23%
% Black
7%
was 7%
% Asian
2%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in VALRICO, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH, educateing 568 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. Compared to Hillsborough County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.
After controlling for student poverty, ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 66.6%, a residual of -1.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.3%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 12%, going from 644 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 23% to 34%.
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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.