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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000696
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4332 LYNX PAW TRL, VALRICO, FL 33596 · (813) 744-8016 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
150 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
53%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
70.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 79.9% |
% 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
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 609 | 24.6% | 76.5% |
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHULUOTA | 611 | 22.7% | 78.7% |
| GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 548 | 20.6% | 85.5% |
| ROBERT WILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKEWOOD RANCH | 785 | 25.9% | 79.2% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 687 | 20.8% | 79.7% |
| DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 704 | 22.3% | 76.1% |
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 LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #260 of 2,136 | #20 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #293 of 2,149 ▼ 60 | #22 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #430 of 2,149 ▼ 217 | #30 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #1,003 of 2,267 | #83 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #998 of 2,077 | #82 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #1,238 of 2,108 | #124 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #1,921 of 2,188 | #139 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #1,174 of 1,374 | #110 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
609
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 609 | 38.8 | 15.7:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 38.5 | 15.0:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 22% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 25% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 29% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 50 | 19.2:1 | 25% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in VALRICO, Florida. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 609 students.
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in HILLSBOROUGH, a district with 221,318 students across 300 schools.
More than half of the students at LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (66%). Next come 16% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 51% White among all Hillsborough County residents. The diversity index for LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 38.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Roughly 25% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 68.8% and the result is 76.5%.
The school's county is Hillsborough County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 76.5% against a local average of 68.0%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% rise, from 579 to 609. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.1:1 to 15.7:1.
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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 VALRICO
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,208 students
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,027 students
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICOElementary · 906 students
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
Other Lithia Springs Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lithia Springs Elementary. LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Lithia Springs Elementary SchoolLithia Springs, GA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 789
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 3,157
- ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 568
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,373
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 826
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
Is LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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