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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
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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
65%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 74.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 667 | 38.2% | 65.0% |
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 688 | 34.4% | 73.7% |
| WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 809 | 39.4% | 65.6% |
| JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 688 | 38.8% | 65.8% |
| SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DADE CITY | 706 | 34.8% | 49.2% |
| TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 687 | 40.0% | 60.6% |
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 BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #642 of 2,136 | #46 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #791 of 2,149 ▼ 375 | #52 of 176 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #836 of 2,149 ▼ 270 | #52 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #817 of 2,267 | #71 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #543 of 2,077 | #39 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #571 of 2,108 | #65 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #1,633 of 2,188 | #117 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #928 of 1,374 | #86 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
667
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,034
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 667 | 45.6 | 14.6:1 | 38% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 45.5 | 15.1:1 | 37% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 51.5 | 14.7:1 | 47% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 43% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 42% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 38% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 29% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 44 | 20.6:1 | 21% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 1,034 | 54 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in VALRICO, Florida, reachable at (813) 744-8240. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 667 students in pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH includes 300 schools. Together they enroll 221,318 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White (49%). The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, Hillsborough County is about 51% White. The chance that two students picked at random at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Staffing totals 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 38%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.0%.
Among Hillsborough County residents, median household income is about $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 223,193 students.
MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 689 in 2020-21 and 667 in 2024-25, a decrease of 22 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 14.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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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 VALRICO
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,208 students
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,027 students
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICOElementary · 906 students
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- 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.