LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL

LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a primary school of mid-sized scale in LUTZ, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH, educateing 779 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.7%; this one delivers 87.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MANISCALCO K-8 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location. LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 782 (now 779). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 68% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.