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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000967
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4815 N KEENE RD, PLANT CITY, FL 33565 · (813) 757-9333 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
328 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 | 62 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
61%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
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
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
47.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 51.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 630 | 52.1% | 49.1% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 658 | 52.4% | 44.6% |
| STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 700 | 54.6% | 60.4% |
| OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 572 | 47.4% | 71.9% |
| QUAIL HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 559 | 47.8% | 48.8% |
| TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 730 | 52.9% | 63.1% |
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 KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,371 of 2,136 | #84 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #1,161 of 2,149 ▲ 173 | #70 of 176 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #1,420 of 2,149 ▲ 90 | #89 of 176 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #927 of 2,267 | #76 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #636 of 2,077 | #46 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #855 of 2,108 | #90 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #1,215 of 2,188 | #95 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #635 of 1,374 | #60 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
630
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 630 | 42.3 | 14.9:1 | 52% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 42.5 | 14.9:1 | 63% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 51 | 12.9:1 | 82% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 64 | 11.8:1 | 82% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 63 | 12.2:1 | 80% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 79% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 777 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 63% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in PLANT CITY, Florida. It has an enrollment of 630 students in pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students, and KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The largest group at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 47%. Other students are 41% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Hillsborough County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
There are about 14.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 42.3. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 52%. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Florida public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.1%.
In the wider Hillsborough County area, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away. KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 44.3%, lower than KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 49.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 658 to 630. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.9:1, from 12.9:1.
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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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- JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 451
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL5.0 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 41% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KNIGHTS 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.