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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000942
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4720 KELLY RD, TAMPA, FL 33615 · (813) 873-4732 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
315 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 | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
43%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
39.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 37.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 514 | 61.3% | 39.0% |
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 455 | 61.5% | 42.3% |
| CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 529 | 63.5% | 27.2% |
| MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 571 | 59.4% | 49.5% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 445 | 61.8% | 42.4% |
| WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 602 | 62.8% | 35.5% |
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 DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,856 of 2,136 | #123 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,593 of 2,149 ▲ 319 | #102 of 176 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,809 of 2,149 ▼ 3 | #122 of 176 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #1,363 of 2,267 | #111 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #406 of 2,077 | #29 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #1,590 of 2,108 | #144 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #858 of 2,188 | #77 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #545 of 1,374 | #51 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
514
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 961
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 514 | 36.1 | 14.2:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 34.5 | 17.5:1 | 68% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 70% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 84% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 88% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 84% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 46 | 12.4:1 | 81% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 70% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 961 | 51 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in TAMPA, Florida, and it is part of HILLSBOROUGH. Enrollment stands at 514 students, covering pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH oversees DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 299 other schools, with 221,318 students in total.
The student body at DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% Hispanic. It is also 11% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. Hillsborough County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 43 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2:1. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. On the income side, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
The model predicts 50.5% for a school in Florida with DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 39.0%.
The school's county is Hillsborough County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is BAY CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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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
Nearby schools
- BAY CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 572
- HORIZON CHARTER SCHOOL OF TAMPA0.7 mi · 317
- TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 379
- WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 782
- MORGAN WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 522
- WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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