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Enrollment
1,381
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008925
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL
5995 COVINGTON GARDEN DRIVE, APOLLO BEACH, FL 33572 · (813) 272-4000 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,381 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- B-Beats 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
15.8:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
332 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 | 22 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 152 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (189).
Student demographics
70%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
72.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 77.5% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 1,381 | 24.0% | 72.0% |
| GRASSY LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINNEOLA | 1,293 | 24.5% | 63.8% |
| KELLY PARK SCHOOL APOPKA | 1,073 | 29.7% | 70.7% |
| VERDE K-8 BOCA RATON | 1,360 | 22.7% | 74.6% |
| DISCOVERY KEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 1,032 | 28.8% | 66.3% |
| VIERA CHARTER SCHOOL VIERA | 1,532 | 24.0% | 76.5% |
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 DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #382 of 2,136 | #29 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #326 of 2,149 ▼ 27 | #24 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #358 of 2,149 ▲ 6 | #26 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,381 | #46 of 2,267 | #3 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,044 of 2,077 | #87 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #183 of 2,108 | #32 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #1,934 of 2,188 | #140 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,381 | 87.3 | 15.8:1 | 24% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 1,420 | 92.5 | 15.3:1 | 29% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 1,243 | 82.5 | 15.1:1 | 29% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL.
About DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is an elementary school in APOLLO BEACH, Florida, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 1,381 students covers pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is one school in a 300-school district, HILLSBOROUGH, which enrolls 221,318 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 43%. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL's 87.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 24%. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
allk12 grades DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 69.1% for a school in Florida with DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL posts 72.0%.
Within Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 1.4 miles from DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
NCES assigns DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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 APOLLO BEACH
- SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACHCombined · 1,235 students
- APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 794 students
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- WATERSET CHARTER SCHOOLElementary
Nearby schools
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 680
- SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,593
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 834
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 776
- APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL2.1 mi · 794
- EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,174
Frequently asked questions
About DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL?
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,381 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL serve?
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL have?
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL?
At DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL?
DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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