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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002509
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6700 WHITEWAY DR, TEMPLE TERRACE, FL 33617 · (813) 987-6947 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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
14.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
350 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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
72%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
38.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 33.8% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 546 | 64.1% | 35.3% |
| SOUTHSIDE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 519 | 58.4% | 45.9% |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 476 | 64.9% | 31.2% |
| WOODLAND ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 495 | 65.1% | 29.4% |
| CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 398 | 63.6% | 40.6% |
| VERO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 593 | 68.3% | 56.0% |
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 LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #1,972 of 2,136 | #139 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,977 of 2,149 ▲ 12 | #144 of 176 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,836 of 2,149 ▲ 5 | #128 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #1,241 of 2,267 | #100 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #382 of 2,077 | #28 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #91 of 2,108 | #23 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #734 of 2,188 | #68 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #229 of 1,374 | #20 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
546
-173 (-24%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 946
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 546 | 38.6 | 14.2:1 | 64% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 38.5 | 13.9:1 | 68% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 43.5 | 13.8:1 | 67% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 81% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 62 | 12.3:1 | 72% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 67% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 49% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 47 | 19.5:1 | 43% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 946 | 46 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 6700 WHITEWAY DR in TEMPLE TERRACE, Florida, LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 546 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
The HILLSBOROUGH system has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
Enrollment at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 37%. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 21% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 16% Black among all Hillsborough County residents. By the diversity index, LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 72%.
The count of teachers at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 38.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.2:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The school counts 350 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 64%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
The allk12 Grade for LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.0% for LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 35.3%, 13.7 points below the prediction.
Hillsborough County has these Census figures: median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Hillsborough County number 320 and enroll about 223,193.
GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 57.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 24%, from 719 to 546. The school's ratio rose from 12.8:1 to 14.2:1 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 TEMPLE TERRACE
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 639 students
- WOODMONT CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 632 students
- RIVERHILLS ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 497 students
- FOCUS ACADEMYHigh · 110 students
Other Lewis Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Lewis Elementary. LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Lewis Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 738 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 675 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolKennesaw, GA · 550 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 437 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 427 students
Nearby schools
- GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.4 mi · 764
- FOCUS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 110
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY1.1 mi · 5,748
- DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 639
- WOODMONT CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 632
- TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 546 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 31% Hispanic, 37% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.