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What's one thing KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000966
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3102 S KINGS AVE, BRANDON, FL 33511 · (813) 744-8234 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
319 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 | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
68%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
32.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
42.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 36.1% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 437 | 73.0% | 34.5% |
| BELLEAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 455 | 74.5% | 49.4% |
| FESSENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 430 | 75.3% | 30.9% |
| MEDULLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 488 | 73.0% | 43.1% |
| CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL COCOA | 477 | 70.0% | 42.8% |
| JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 451 | 73.2% | 30.7% |
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 KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,997 of 2,136 | #140 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,849 of 2,149 ▲ 94 | #129 of 176 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #2,018 of 2,149 ▼ 38 | #147 of 176 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,647 of 2,267 | #131 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,043 of 2,077 | #86 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #381 of 2,108 | #52 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #343 of 2,188 | #36 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,068 of 1,374 | #98 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
437
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,178
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 437 | 27.6 | 15.8:1 | 73% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 76% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 76% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 85% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 82% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 51 | 12.3:1 | 76% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 49 | 13.4:1 | 69% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 44% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 1,178 | 61 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in BRANDON, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 437 students. Enrollment is 28% lower than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
The 300 schools of HILLSBOROUGH, including KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 221,318 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 43%. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 21% White, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 30% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 73% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.5% and a predicted 44.6%.
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Hillsborough County, where the median household income is $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.1 miles from KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9th among 9 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 437, an 8% increase from 403 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.8:1 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 BRANDON
- BRANDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,108 students
- MANN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 977 students
- MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 686 students
- MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
Other Kingswood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Kingswood Elementary. KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Kingswood Elementary SchoolSURPRISE, AZ · 826 students
- Kingswood ElementaryCary, NC · 427 students
Nearby schools
- SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 410
- BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,108
- MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 687
- WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,827
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICO1.8 mi · 906
- BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 43% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.