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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000914
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2802 W BALLAST POINT BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33611 · (813) 272-3070 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
103 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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
60%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
65.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 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 down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 70.5% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 408 | 25.2% | 67.8% |
| PRINCETON ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 444 | 24.5% | 79.2% |
| THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE TALLAHASSEE | 448 | 21.7% | 65.0% |
| FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLDSMAR | 480 | 30.2% | 71.5% |
| SPESSARD L. HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 444 | 26.4% | 79.1% |
| PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 522 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
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 BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #533 of 2,136 | #38 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #545 of 2,149 ▼ 19 | #41 of 176 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #607 of 2,149 ▼ 203 | #42 of 176 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,746 of 2,267 | #138 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #136 of 2,077 | #9 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #876 of 2,108 | #93 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #1,906 of 2,188 | #138 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #813 of 1,374 | #74 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
408
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 408 | 31.5 | 12.9:1 | 25% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 26% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 38% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 63% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in TAMPA, Florida, BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 408 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
Across its 300 schools, HILLSBOROUGH enrolls 221,318 students. BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Hillsborough County's population at about 51%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 25%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hillsborough County.
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.8% and a predicted 68.5%.
In Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Hillsborough County counts 320 public schools with about 223,193 students.
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 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, BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd 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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 408, from 482 in 2020-21.
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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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Nearby schools
- CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 325
- ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 221
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 614
- ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,438
- KENNETH E. ADUM PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,007
- LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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