Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002183
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3910 W FAIR OAKS AVE, TAMPA, FL 33611 · (813) 272-3075 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
120 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 7 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
75%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
51.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 60.9% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 221 | 54.3% | 53.4% |
| MARION CHARTER SCHOOL OCALA | 228 | 57.9% | 60.1% |
| LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 282 | 56.4% | 59.1% |
| JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY EAST JACKSONVILLE | 215 | 54.9% | 31.2% |
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 321 | 54.5% | 52.8% |
| HARTRIDGE ACADEMY WINTER HAVEN | 200 | 54.5% | 67.6% |
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 ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,158 of 2,136 | #68 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,184 of 2,149 ▼ 274 | #75 of 176 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,248 of 2,149 ▼ 124 | #77 of 176 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #2,085 of 2,267 | #169 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #327 of 2,077 | #24 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #16 of 2,108 | #8 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #1,122 of 2,188 | #90 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.5% | #32 of 1,374 | #6 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
221
-90 (-29%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 221 | 15.8 | 14.0:1 | 54% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 48% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 46% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 62% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 59% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 56% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 58% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 26 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school. Its address is in TAMPA, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 221 students. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
The district for ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is HILLSBOROUGH, with 300 schools and 221,318 students.
White students make up 33% of enrollment at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 17% Black, and 4% Asian. In Hillsborough County overall, about 51% of residents are White. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 15.8. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 54%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Florida public elementary schools.
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 53.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.0%.
Census data for Hillsborough County show the median household earns about $79,540 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools.
KENNETH E. ADUM PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest public school to ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 29% across 4 years, from 311 in 2020-21 to 221 in 2024-25. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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 Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 21st largest of the 23.
- Anderson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 748 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolBooneville, MS · 551 students
Nearby schools
- KENNETH E. ADUM PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,007
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 658
- CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 325
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 614
- BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 408
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,391
Frequently asked questions
About ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-05.
Is ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 33% White, 29% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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