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What's something BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008709
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14150 GATE DANCER RD, SUN CITY CENTER, FL 33573 · (813) 535-7806 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
392 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 | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
69%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
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
48.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 42.8% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 776 | 50.5% | 45.5% |
| SUMMERFIELD CROSSINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 797 | 49.9% | 39.9% |
| APOPKA ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 847 | 49.5% | 54.2% |
| MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 962 | 47.6% | 61.2% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON | 682 | 55.4% | 55.5% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTSIDE JACKSONVILLE | 938 | 51.3% | 34.3% |
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 BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,553 of 2,136 | #93 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,541 of 2,149 ▲ 182 | #97 of 176 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,386 of 2,149 ▲ 115 | #88 of 176 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #524 of 2,267 | #47 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #287 of 2,077 | #19 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #308 of 2,108 | #44 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #1,283 of 2,188 | #97 of 174 |
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
776
+102 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 776 | 56.2 | 13.8:1 | 51% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 55 | 17.4:1 | 49% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 987 | 54 | 18.3:1 | 44% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 58% (394) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SUN CITY CENTER, Florida, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 776 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 28% higher.
The district, HILLSBOROUGH, has 221,318 students enrolled across 300 schools.
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 41%. The remaining students are 34% Hispanic, 15% White, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Hillsborough County, the Black share is about 16%. BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 56.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. Around 51% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 45.5%. Predicted: 55.9%.
Among Hillsborough County residents, the median household income is $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hillsborough County has 319 other public schools.
The shortest distance from BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment gain, from 674 in 2020-21 to 776 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 13.8:1.
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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 Belmont Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Belmont Elementary. BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 13.
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 773 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolRoanoke Rapids, NC · 614 students
- Belmont ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 492 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 394 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolShawnee, KS · 381 students
Nearby schools
- CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY0.7 mi · 887
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 3,602
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 680
- DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,381
- EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,809
- EISENHOWER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER1.9 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-05.
Is BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 34% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.