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Enrollment
887
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008571
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY
14020 US HWY 301 S, RIVERVIEW, FL 33578 · (813) 419-5340 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL887 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
31.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
165 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (101).
Student demographics
69%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 62.7% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY this school | 887 | 18.6% | 59.8% |
| CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLEBURG | 693 | 14.1% | 57.8% |
| SOUTHSHORE CHARTER ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 1,230 | 14.3% | 50.6% |
| RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE RIVERVIEW | 1,059 | 27.6% | 71.8% |
| RAMPELLO K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 782 | 26.7% | 72.5% |
| LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY RUSKIN | 813 | 9.5% | 51.3% |
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 CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #880 of 2,136 | #55 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,252 of 2,149 ▼ 408 | #81 of 176 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,113 of 2,149 ▼ 296 | #66 of 176 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 887 | #324 of 2,267 | #24 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 31.1:1 | #2,072 of 2,077 | #163 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #281 of 2,108 | #43 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #2,023 of 2,188 | #151 of 174 |
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
887
+236 (+36%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
31.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 887 | 28.5 | 31.1:1 | 19% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 52% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 39 | 19.9:1 | 60% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 21% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY.
About CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY runs as a mid-sized elementary school in RIVERVIEW, Florida. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 887 students. That is 47% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY is a school in HILLSBOROUGH. The district has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The largest group at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY is Hispanic students, at 39%. The remaining students are 35% Black, 18% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 30% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY scores 69%.
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY reports a ratio of 31.1 students per teacher, from 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 13.6 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY, 19% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 24 points.
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Florida public elementary schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 71.9%. CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY scores 59.8%.
For Hillsborough County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 320 public schools in the county, enrolling about 223,193, CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY among them.
Among nearby public schools, JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 59.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY is a publicly funded charter school.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 36%, from 651 to 887. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.1:1 to 31.1:1.
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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 RIVERVIEW
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- SPOTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,933 students
- WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,827 students
- COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,644 students
- SOUTHSHORE CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 1,230 students
Nearby schools
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,602
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 776
- SUMMERFIELD CROSSINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 797
- WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY2.1 mi · 1,055
- EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,809
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMYHow large is CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY?
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 887 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY serve?
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY is approximately 31.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY?
Student demographics at CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY are roughly 18% White, 39% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY?
CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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