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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000597
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1520 LAKEVIEW AVE, SEFFNER, FL 33584 · (813) 744-8031 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
307 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
67%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
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
40.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 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 | 40.7% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 43.3% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 511 | 60.1% | 42.6% |
| RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 444 | 59.7% | 51.2% |
| PRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 568 | 59.5% | 54.8% |
| SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 502 | 65.9% | 46.4% |
| FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 571 | 58.3% | 53.5% |
| LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 499 | 56.9% | 58.4% |
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 COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,697 of 2,136 | #106 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,809 of 2,149 ▼ 106 | #122 of 176 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,747 of 2,149 ▼ 302 | #117 of 176 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #1,379 of 2,267 | #113 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #984 of 2,077 | #81 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #440 of 2,108 | #57 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #908 of 2,188 | #79 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #270 of 1,374 | #24 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
511
-113 (-18%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 511 | 32.6 | 15.7:1 | 60% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 60% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 39.5 | 17.1:1 | 61% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 77% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 73% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 69% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 60 | 12.3:1 | 66% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 46% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in HILLSBOROUGH, located in SEFFNER, Florida. The school enrolls 511 students, from pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH totals 221,318 students.
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 46%. The school is also 28% White, 21% Black, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Its 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.7:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 60%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 42.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.1%.
Within Hillsborough County, median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, with a combined enrollment of about 223,193.
The school nearest to COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
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.
The number of students dropped from 624 to 511 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 12.5:1 to 15.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
- 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 SEFFNER
- ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,278 students
- MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 686 students
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 636 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 526 students
- LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
Nearby schools
- LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 511
- LOPEZ EXCEPTIONAL CENTER1.1 mi · 57
- SEFFNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 437
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 636
- MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 740
- THE SPRING1.9 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 28% White, 46% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
COLSON 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.