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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