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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002069
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2420 BUCKHORN SCHOOL CT, VALRICO, FL 33594 · (813) 744-8240 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
255 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
59.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
667
-76 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.0:1
% White
49%
was 53%
% Hispanic
31%
was 29%
% Black
10%
was 7%
% Asian
2%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school in VALRICO, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. The school works with 667 students in grades pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Hillsborough County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 65.0%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 667 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 49% across the same window.
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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 VALRICO
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,208 students
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,027 students
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICOElementary · 906 students
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,027
- VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 733
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,208
- ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 568
- BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 686
- BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,108
Frequently asked questions
About BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.