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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000911
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5602 N LOIS AVE, TAMPA, FL 33614 · (813) 872-5395 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
402 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
16%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
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
62.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 63.6% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 579 | 69.4% | 50.7% |
| MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 587 | 69.5% | 41.1% |
| DOVER ELEMENTARY DOVER | 530 | 71.5% | 38.3% |
| CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 568 | 68.1% | 43.2% |
| COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 597 | 66.2% | 33.1% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 508 | 67.3% | 49.8% |
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 ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,308 of 2,136 | #77 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #986 of 2,149 ▼ 186 | #61 of 176 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,464 of 2,149 ▲ 3 | #92 of 176 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,103 of 2,267 | #90 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #686 of 2,077 | #52 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,991 of 2,108 | #167 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #480 of 2,188 | #55 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #1,334 of 1,374 | #123 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
579
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 579 | 38.6 | 15.0:1 | 69% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 74% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 32.5 | 15.7:1 | 74% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 92% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 49 | 11.9:1 | 91% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 91% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 90% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 786 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 87% (684) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 37 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in TAMPA, Florida, ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 579 students enrolled.
HILLSBOROUGH has 221,318 students spread across 300 schools.
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 92% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hillsborough County's population at about 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 69%. That is 26 points above the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
After adjusting for student poverty, ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.7%; the prediction is 46.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hillsborough County show that median household income is about $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 223,193 students.
The next-closest public school is PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 541 to 579. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Alexander Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 13 states are named Alexander Elementary. ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Alexander Elementary SchoolAlbany, OH · 669 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 609 students
- Alexander ElementaryGreenville, SC · 494 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 468 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolCOMMERCE, OK · 447 students
Nearby schools
- PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 858
- LETO HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,995
- EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 488
- DETENTION CENTER WEST1.2 mi · 26
- LES PETERS ACADEMY1.2 mi · 20
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
Is ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.