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Enrollment
739
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000968
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2002 PINE LAKE DR, TAMPA, FL 33612 · (813) 975-7625 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL739 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
397 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 | 50 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
60%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
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HILL MIDDLE 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
51.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 52.0% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 739 | 53.7% | 49.6% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 658 | 52.4% | 44.6% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 752 | 53.7% | 53.6% |
| SAN CARLOS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 642 | 50.3% | 44.8% |
| CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 626 | 51.0% | 50.2% |
| OCOEE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 723 | 56.6% | 47.6% |
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 LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,349 of 2,136 | #82 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,190 of 2,149 ▲ 106 | #76 of 176 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,231 of 2,149 ▲ 89 | #76 of 176 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 739 | #597 of 2,267 | #53 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,454 of 2,077 | #117 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #886 of 2,108 | #97 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #1,141 of 2,188 | #92 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #824 of 1,374 | #75 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
739
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,026
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 739 | 43.2 | 17.1:1 | 54% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 58% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 715 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 60% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 74% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 67% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 66 | 13.3:1 | 61% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 906 | 66 | 13.7:1 | 49% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 1,027 | 56 | 18.3:1 | 30% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 1,026 | 54 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in Florida, located in TAMPA. It enrolled 739 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 300 schools that make up HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students in total).
Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 27% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 26 points above the 30% share among Hillsborough County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Federal staffing data show 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 54% of students. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.3% for LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 49.6%, 4.6 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Hillsborough County this way: median household income is about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hillsborough County number 320 and enroll about 223,193.
HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 709 in 2020-21 and 739 in 2024-25, a rise of 30 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS1.2 mi · 168
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 533
- DOROTHY THOMAS CENTER1.3 mi · 35
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 731
- MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 585
- CARROLLWOOD K-8 SCHOOL1.3 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 739 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 27% White, 56% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MAGDALENE 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.