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What's the one class at LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
779
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008063
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL
17951 N US HIGHWAY 41, LUTZ, FL 33549 · (813) 428-7100 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
7 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 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
58%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
85.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
90.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.1% | 90.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.6% | 89.6% |
% 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 PREPARATORY SCHOOL
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL this school | 779 | 0.9% | 87.5% |
| HERON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKLAND | 1,040 | 5.0% | 81.8% |
| WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 574 | 8.0% | 87.2% |
| PLATO ACADEMY CLEARWATER CLEARWATER | 616 | 4.9% | 70.0% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
| SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 842 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
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 PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #31 of 2,136 | #2 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #40 of 2,149 ▲ 6 | #4 of 176 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #60 of 2,149 ▼ 22 | #4 of 176 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #522 of 2,267 | #46 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,979 of 2,077 | #145 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #965 of 2,108 | #101 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.9% | #2,186 of 2,188 | #174 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #1,359 of 1,374 | #124 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
779
-3 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
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 | 779 | 37.5 | 20.8:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 782 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 69 | 11.3:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 3% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
About LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL
At 17951 N US HIGHWAY 41 in LUTZ, Florida, LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 779 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH enrolls 221,318 students in 300 schools, including LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 61% White. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 10 points above the 51% share among Hillsborough County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL are from different groups.
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL has 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 1%. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL scores 87.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 80.7%.
Looking at the county, Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County has 320 public schools with about 223,193 students, including LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
The closest school to LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is MANISCALCO K-8 SCHOOL, located about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 87.5% is above the 60.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in Florida.
Federal data show 782 students in 2020-21 and 779 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.3:1 to 20.8:1.
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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
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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 K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 771 students
- LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
Nearby schools
- MANISCALCO K-8 SCHOOL1.0 mi · 673
- LUTZ K-8 SCHOOL1.0 mi · 771
- SUNLAKE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCES2.1 mi · 984
- LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 761
- SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 555
- BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 928
Frequently asked questions
About LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOLHow many students attend LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 779 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL serve?
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is approximately 20.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
At LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL public or private?
LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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