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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004166
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10907 MEMORIAL HWY, TAMPA, FL 33615 · (813) 854-6010 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
376 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
34%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
33.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.5% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 38.8% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 526 | 71.5% | 37.9% |
| EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 488 | 70.5% | 38.6% |
| CHICKASAW ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 551 | 68.1% | 47.3% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 508 | 67.3% | 49.8% |
| MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 587 | 69.5% | 41.1% |
| FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 507 | 72.2% | 43.4% |
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 DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,896 of 2,136 | #129 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,754 of 2,149 ▲ 106 | #116 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #1,987 of 2,149 ▲ 26 | #142 of 176 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #1,312 of 2,267 | #107 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #329 of 2,077 | #26 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #1,776 of 2,108 | #155 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #403 of 2,188 | #45 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #95 of 1,374 | #10 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
526
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 526 | 37.6 | 14.0:1 | 71% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 76% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 79% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 91% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 68 | 12.1:1 | 89% (729) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 72 | 11.1:1 | 86% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 64 | 12.0:1 | 82% (631) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in TAMPA. It serves 526 students in pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH is the district for DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 80% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 30% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 37.6 full-time equivalents, or about 14.0 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.5 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 71%. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is higher.
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.9% versus 45.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Federal survey data for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, enrolling about 223,193 students in all.
The nearest public school is ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 10%, to 526. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolSouthampton, PA · 785 students
- Davis ElementaryCOLLEGE PLACE, WA · 698 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 643 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 635 students
Nearby schools
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,863
- HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.0 mi · 819
- LOWRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 755
- WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 602
- WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 876
- BAY CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 80% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DAVIS 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.