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Enrollment
1,456
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081005548
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH
13400 ELGIN BLVD, SPRING HILL, FL 34609 · (352) 797-7024 · Hernando County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,456 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.2:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
414 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 163 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 206 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 51% smaller than its 8th grade class (200).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
80.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
85.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.9% | 85.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 86.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH this school | 1,456 | 28.4% | 83.1% |
| ROUND LAKE CHARTER SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 1,240 | 28.6% | 81.5% |
| NORMAN S. EDELCUP/SUNNY ISLES BEACH K-8 SUNNY ISLES BEACH | 1,729 | 26.9% | 71.4% |
| VIERA CHARTER SCHOOL VIERA | 1,532 | 24.0% | 76.5% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
| B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,314 | 21.3% | 74.7% |
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 CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #82 of 2,136 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #141 of 2,149 ▼ 48 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #128 of 2,149 ▼ 24 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,456 | #34 of 2,267 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,184 of 2,077 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,250 of 2,108 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #1,853 of 2,188 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #1,319 of 1,374 | N/A |
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
1,456
+149 (+11%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 1,664
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,456 | 90 | 16.2:1 | 28% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 1,467 | 86 | 17.1:1 | 36% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 1,477 | 86 | 17.2:1 | 32% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 1,307 | 83 | 15.8:1 | 29% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 1,474 | 95 | 15.5:1 | 40% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 1,562 | 103 | 15.2:1 | 39% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 1,664 | 112 | 14.9:1 | 31% (523) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH.
About CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in SPRING HILL, Florida. In all, 1,456 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 141% bigger than the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
HERNANDO counts 29 schools and 23,734 students, including CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH.
At CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH, 65% of students are White. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 76% White share among all Hernando County residents. The diversity index for CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 90 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 28% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Hernando County average 53%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH are 16.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.1%, compared with a predicted 66.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in Florida.
In Hernando County, median household income comes to about $66,058, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 31, with about 23,734 students.
About 1.0 miles separate CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH from the closest public school, POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.8%; CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH's is 83.1%, ranking 1st of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 1,307 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 1,456 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
Other schools in SPRING HILL
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLCombined · 1,154 students
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
- DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
Nearby schools
- POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,041
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 920
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.2 mi · 20
- SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 829
- NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGH2.4 mi · 1,293
- CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 783
Frequently asked questions
About CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHHow many students attend CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH?
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH enrolls approximately 1,456 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH serve?
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH.
How diverse is CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH?
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH reports a student body of 65% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH?
CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH is overseen by HERNANDO in Hernando County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.