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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002439
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
200 N KINGSWAY RD, SEFFNER, FL 33584 · (813) 744-8000 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
323 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 | 49 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
67%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
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
51.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.2pp 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 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 54.2% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 511 | 63.2% | 51.0% |
| BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 524 | 65.1% | 45.7% |
| JAMES W. SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 502 | 61.6% | 56.8% |
| SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 502 | 65.9% | 46.4% |
| INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY VERO BEACH | 444 | 64.2% | 62.3% |
| WILLISTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLISTON | 515 | 63.3% | 45.8% |
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 LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,291 of 2,136 | #76 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,607 of 2,149 ▼ 419 | #104 of 176 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,230 of 2,149 ▲ 102 | #75 of 176 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #1,380 of 2,267 | #114 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #678 of 2,077 | #51 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #401 of 2,108 | #53 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #780 of 2,188 | #71 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
511
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,132
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 511 | 34.1 | 15.0:1 | 63% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 36.5 | 15.8:1 | 72% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 34.5 | 16.8:1 | 73% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 85% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 45 | 11.4:1 | 82% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 82% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 57 | 10.3:1 | 68% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 63% (432) |
| 1990-91 | 1,132 | 76 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school based in SEFFNER, Florida. The school has 511 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH has 221,318 students spread across 300 schools.
The largest group at LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 40%. Smaller groups are 38% White, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 30% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67%.
For every teacher at LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 63%. On average, public schools in Hillsborough County report 43%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 49.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.0%.
The county, Hillsborough County, is where the school is located. 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 has 320 public schools and about 223,193 students.
About 0.1 miles separate LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, LOPEZ EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 51.0% versus a 39.4% average.
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 school's size has been steady, with 510 students in 2020-21 and 511 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.0:1, from 13.1:1.
The allk12 page for LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SEFFNER
- ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,278 students
- MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 686 students
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 636 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 526 students
- COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
Other Lopez Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lopez Elementary. LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Lopez ElementaryPomona, CA · 394 students
- Lopez Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 361 students
- Lopez Elementary SchoolLopez Island, WA · 91 students
Nearby schools
- LOPEZ EXCEPTIONAL CENTER0.1 mi · 57
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 636
- THE SPRING0.8 mi · 10
- BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER0.9 mi · 97
- COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 511
- ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,278
Frequently asked questions
About LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
Is LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 38% White, 40% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOPEZ 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.