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What's one thing BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
826
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004350
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5720 OSPREY RIDGE DR, LITHIA, FL 33547 · (813) 740-4000 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
125 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 171 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
61%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
85.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
89.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.6% | 89.8% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 90.7% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 826 | 15.1% | 87.4% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
| PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 794 | 17.4% | 83.5% |
| MORIKAMI PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 806 | 12.9% | 93.6% |
| SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 842 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 730 | 15.9% | 73.0% |
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 BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #32 of 2,136 | #3 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #54 of 2,149 ▼ 20 | #5 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #55 of 2,149 ▼ 16 | #3 of 176 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #410 of 2,267 | #33 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,036 of 2,077 | #85 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #845 of 2,108 | #89 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #2,064 of 2,188 | #153 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #1,171 of 1,374 | #108 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
826
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
+157% since 2000-01, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 826 | 52.2 | 15.8:1 | 15% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 17% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 17% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 14% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 12% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 58 | 13.9:1 | 11% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 840 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 17% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in LITHIA, Florida. A federal count lists 826 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 37% above that.
HILLSBOROUGH enrolls 221,318 students in 300 schools, including BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 58% of the student body. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 15.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 15%. On average, public schools in Hillsborough County report 43%.
The model predicts 73.6% for a school in Florida with BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 87.4%.
Within Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.9 miles from BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (836) and 2024-25 (826).
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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 LITHIA
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,373 students
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,345 students
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 867 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 921
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,345
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 867
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,373
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 3,157
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 789
Frequently asked questions
About BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 826 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.