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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126002767

HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

8445 SE 147TH PL, SUMMERFIELD, FL 34491 · (352) 671-6110 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
Enrollment
833
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
546 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K374%
Kindergarten10012%
Grade 113416%
Grade 214017%
Grade 316620%
Grade 412815%
Grade 512815%

This year's kindergarten class (100) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).

Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
41249%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
30637%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
627%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
51%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
435%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
43652%
Female
39748%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
35.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2535.4%34.6%
2023-2437.9%35.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school83365.5%36.5%
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING HILL
82961.6%50.9%
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ZEPHYRHILLS
79266.7%33.2%
DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING HILL
85470.0%45.4%
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL
TALLAHASSEE
66865.6%34.8%
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING HILL
96762.2%57.1%
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 HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Marion County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.5%#1,931 of 2,136#26 of 32
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
34.6%#2,045 of 2,149
▼ 89
#27 of 32
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.4%#1,937 of 2,149
▼ 197
#26 of 32
▼ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
833#401 of 2,267#8 of 36
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.7:1#1,329 of 2,077#22 of 33
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.2%#808 of 2,108#24 of 33
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
65.5%#664 of 2,188#18 of 33
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.5%#601 of 621#19 of 19
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 2024-25
Enrollment
833
+88 (+12%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258335016.7:166% (546)
2023-248574718.2:168% (587)
2022-238194219.5:171% (578)
2020-217455114.6:166% (493)
2017-188295415.3:171% (586)
2015-167885215.2:172% (570)
2010-117605414.1:176% (578)
2000-016993917.9:173% (510)
1990-915863118.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in SUMMERFIELD, Florida, under MARION. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 833 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 38% above that.

Across its 62 schools, MARION enrolls 46,349 students. HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.

HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Marion County's population at about 69%. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

With 50 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 16.7:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 66%. It compares with 57% for public schools in Marion County.

A school with HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 48.3%. HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 36.5%, 11.8 points below that line.

In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $61,010, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 68 public schools in Marion County, enrolling about 46,349 students in all.

Nearby, LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.9 miles away. Within five miles of HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.

HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment grew 12% from its 2020-21 level of 745. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 16.7:1 over the same years.

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Marion County at a glance

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Population
400,078
Census ACS
Median income
$61,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
46,349 students

Quick facts

School name
HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MARION
Address
8445 SE 147TH PL, SUMMERFIELD, FL 34491
Phone
(352) 671-6110
County
Marion County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
833
Teachers (FTE)
50
Student–teacher ratio
16.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
546 (66%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
120126002767
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in MARION
Other schools in SUMMERFIELD
Other Harbour View Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Harbour View Elementary. HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 833 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.7:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARION.
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