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Enrollment
921
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004170
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16815 DORMAN RD, LITHIA, FL 33547 · (813) 651-2150 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
112 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 180 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (180).
Student demographics
55%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
76.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
83.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 83.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 82.9% |
% 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
78.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (78.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 921 | 12.2% | 78.6% |
| KENNETH E. ADUM PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 1,007 | 13.4% | N/A |
| SUNSET PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 909 | 8.5% | 80.6% |
| MARSH POINTE ELEMENTARY PALM BEACH GARDENS | 820 | 13.8% | 85.8% |
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 858 | 17.2% | 80.8% |
| BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY BOCA RATON | 912 | 16.4% | 80.9% |
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 FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #211 of 2,136 | #14 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #194 of 2,149 ▼ 41 | #14 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #242 of 2,149 ▼ 18 | #19 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #274 of 2,267 | #17 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #643 of 2,077 | #49 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,151 of 2,108 | #116 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #2,097 of 2,188 | #158 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #952 of 1,374 | #87 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
921
-41 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 1,031
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 921 | 61.8 | 14.9:1 | 12% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 1,017 | 64 | 15.9:1 | 17% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 1,060 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 15% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 962 | 68 | 14.2:1 | 17% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 1,021 | 70 | 14.6:1 | 14% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | 71 | 13.5:1 | 12% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 1,031 | 69 | 14.9:1 | 11% (109) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school serving families in LITHIA, Florida. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 921 students enrolled. It has 52% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools; together they serve 221,318 students.
About 64% of the student body at FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County residents are about 51% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 61.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.9:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. Among public schools in Hillsborough County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.6%, compared with a predicted 75.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County has 320 public schools with about 223,193 students, including FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 78.6% is above the 74.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 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
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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 LITHIA
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,373 students
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,345 students
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 867 students
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 826 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 826
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,373
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 3,157
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,345
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 867
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 921 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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