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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008760
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY
1090 30TH STREET NE, RUSKIN, FL 33570 · (813) 234-0940 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- FBeats 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
19.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
77 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (111).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp 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 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 6 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 | 52.4% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 54.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 76% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY this school | 813 | 9.5% | 51.3% |
| CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLEBURG | 693 | 14.1% | 57.8% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 654 | 12.1% | 90.2% |
| TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN TAMPA | 910 | 1.6% | 66.5% |
| INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY DOVER | 811 | 15.8% | 56.3% |
| COCONUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT GROVE | 547 | 11.5% | 81.2% |
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 LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,269 of 2,136 | #73 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #1,151 of 2,149 ▲ 25 | #69 of 176 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,199 of 2,149 ▲ 118 | #71 of 176 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #440 of 2,267 | #35 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,915 of 2,077 | #141 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #204 of 2,108 | #34 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #2,130 of 2,188 | #166 of 174 |
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
813
+291 (+56%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 813 | 41.5 | 19.6:1 | 9% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 11% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 17% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 32% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY.
About LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY
As a mid-sized elementary school, LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY serves students in RUSKIN, Florida. Enrollment totals 813 students across kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 35% bigger than the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is run by HILLSBOROUGH, whose 300 schools enroll 221,318 students.
About 37% of students at LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 35% White, 20% Black, and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hillsborough County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY posts 51.3% against a 76.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Florida.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hillsborough County show that median household income comes to about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 320, with about 223,193 students.
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is about 0.8 miles from LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment records show 522 in 2020-21 and 813 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 19.6:1 in 2024-25.
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 RUSKIN
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
- SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,593 students
- RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- THOMPSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 789 students
- SOUTH COUNTY CAREER CENTERCombined · 168 students
Nearby schools
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,553
- THOMPSON ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 789
- SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,593
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 834
- SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACH2.2 mi · 1,235
- RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 838
Frequently asked questions
About LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAYHow many students attend LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY?
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY enrolls approximately 813 students in grades KG-08.
Is LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY have?
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY?
Student demographics at LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY are roughly 35% White, 37% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY in?
LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.