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What's the biggest difference between LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
771
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000976
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL
202 5TH AVE SE, LUTZ, FL 33549 · (813) 949-1452 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL771 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
14.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
268 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
55%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
69.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 71.9% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL this school | 771 | 34.8% | 69.5% |
| SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DADE CITY | 706 | 34.8% | 49.2% |
| SEA GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 668 | 35.3% | 82.9% |
| OASIS ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL-NORTH CAPE CORAL | 813 | 31.2% | 76.0% |
| CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 783 | 36.4% | 74.5% |
| PELICAN MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 677 | 33.7% | 79.3% |
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 LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #481 of 2,136 | #35 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #357 of 2,149 ▲ 116 | #26 of 176 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #465 of 2,149 ▲ 118 | #34 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 771 | #533 of 2,267 | #48 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #452 of 2,077 | #32 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #1,125 of 2,108 | #114 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #1,704 of 2,188 | #120 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.4% | #89 of 621 | #9 of 41 |
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
771
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 771 | 53.6 | 14.4:1 | 35% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 770 | 51.5 | 14.9:1 | 40% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 51.5 | 14.0:1 | 44% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 60 | 12.4:1 | 48% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 44% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 32% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 20% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 36 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL.
About LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL sits in LUTZ, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. School enrollment was 771 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 28% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
The district, HILLSBOROUGH, has 221,318 students enrolled across 300 schools.
At LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL, White students make up 57% of the student body. It is also 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 53.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.4:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 35%. Among public schools in Hillsborough County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
allk12 grades LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL is 5.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Federal survey data for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Hillsborough County is home to 320 public schools and about 223,193 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 69.5% is above the 66.8% average for nearby schools.
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.4 to 14.4 over 4 years.
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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 LUTZ
- STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,396 students
- MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,104 students
- SUNLAKE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCESElementary · 984 students
- MCKITRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
- LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOLElementary · 779 students
- LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
Nearby schools
- LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 779
- MANISCALCO K-8 SCHOOL1.6 mi · 673
- SUNLAKE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCES2.2 mi · 984
- SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 555
- LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 761
- DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About LUTZ K-8 SCHOOLHow many students attend LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL?
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 771 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL serve?
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL in?
LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.