Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000969
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4704 W MONTGOMERY AVE, TAMPA, FL 33616 · (813) 272-3060 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
159 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
73%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
63.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 56.5% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 282 | 56.4% | 59.1% |
| ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 221 | 54.3% | 53.4% |
| CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 325 | 58.8% | 56.9% |
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 321 | 54.5% | 52.8% |
| MARION CHARTER SCHOOL OCALA | 228 | 57.9% | 60.1% |
| BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 335 | 55.8% | 51.7% |
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 LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #915 of 2,136 | #56 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #564 of 2,149 ▲ 525 | #43 of 176 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #684 of 2,149 ▲ 217 | #46 of 176 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #2,016 of 2,267 | #162 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #140 of 2,077 | #10 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #60 of 2,108 | #19 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #1,033 of 2,188 | #88 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #861 of 1,374 | #80 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
282
-63 (-18%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 282 | 21.7 | 13.0:1 | 56% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 28.5 | 12.4:1 | 60% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 27.5 | 13.8:1 | 62% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 76% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 31 | 10.3:1 | 79% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 78% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 79% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 83% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in TAMPA, Florida, is a small elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 282 students in 2024-25. The school is 53% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH includes 300 schools. Together they enroll 221,318 students.
Hispanic students account for 39% of enrollment at LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. The remaining students are 27% White, 15% Black, 15% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Hillsborough County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. The diversity index for LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 56% of the student body. The average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 43%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.9% at LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.1%.
For the population of Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Hillsborough County, 320 public schools serve about 223,193 students.
Of the public schools around it, LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 59.1% versus a 51.0% average.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 63 students, from 345 to 282. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.9:1 to 13.0:1.
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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
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 Lanier Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lanier Elementary. LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Lanier Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 557 students
- Lanier ElementaryMaryville, TN · 333 students
- Lanier Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 322 students
Nearby schools
- MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.1 mi · 344
- ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,438
- WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 259
- CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 325
- ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 221
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
Is LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 39% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LANIER 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.