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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008324
LAMB ELEMENTARY
6274 S 78TH ST, TAMPA, FL 33619 · (813) 605-4950 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
374 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 | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
62%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
43.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
62.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 49.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 LAMB ELEMENTARY
LAMB ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMB ELEMENTARY this school | 513 | 72.9% | 44.4% |
| WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 530 | 76.2% | 27.6% |
| SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 510 | 72.7% | 39.8% |
| DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 515 | 73.6% | 41.9% |
| FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORIDA CITY | 535 | 75.1% | 29.6% |
| GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 497 | 70.8% | 32.5% |
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 LAMB ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,619 of 2,136 | #97 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #994 of 2,149 ▲ 435 | #63 of 176 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,617 of 2,149 ▲ 200 | #108 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #1,366 of 2,267 | #112 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,284 of 2,077 | #103 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #760 of 2,108 | #80 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #349 of 2,188 | #37 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #222 of 1,374 | #19 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
513
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 513 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 76% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 74% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 85% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 61 | 11.8:1 | 86% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 57 | 11.0:1 | 84% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAMB ELEMENTARY.
About LAMB ELEMENTARY
LAMB ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school run by HILLSBOROUGH in TAMPA, Florida. The school has 513 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
LAMB ELEMENTARY is a school in HILLSBOROUGH. The district has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
About 46% of students at LAMB ELEMENTARY are Black, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 41% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. Among all residents of Hillsborough County, the Black share is about 16%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Federal data show 73% of students (374) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.6% at LAMB ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.4%.
The school's county is Hillsborough County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 320 public schools in the county, enrolling about 223,193, LAMB ELEMENTARY among them.
LAMB ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is PROGRESS VILLAGE MIDDLE MAGNET, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 44.4% is above the 40.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 551 to 513. The school's ratio increased from 12.0:1 to 16.6:1 between 2020-21 and 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 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
Other Lamb Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lamb Elementary. LAMB ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Lamb Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 436 students
Nearby schools
- PROGRESS VILLAGE MIDDLE MAGNET0.2 mi · 849
- SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,933
- IPPOLITO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 492
- LITERACY/LEADERSHIP/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY1.1 mi · 437
- GIUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 964
- FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About LAMB ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LAMB ELEMENTARY?
LAMB ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAMB ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAMB ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAMB ELEMENTARY have?
LAMB ELEMENTARY employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAMB ELEMENTARY?
At LAMB ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 6% White, 41% Hispanic, 46% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LAMB ELEMENTARY public or private?
LAMB ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.