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What's the most underrated thing about MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000989
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
317 E 124TH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33612 · (813) 975-7337 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
425 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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
28.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 33.1% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 585 | 72.6% | 32.5% |
| TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 591 | 74.5% | 26.9% |
| EDGEWOOD ACADEMY FORT MYERS | 598 | 68.7% | 35.8% |
| SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 510 | 72.7% | 39.8% |
| G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY BRADENTON | 472 | 75.0% | 26.4% |
| POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS KISSIMMEE | 558 | 77.6% | 35.1% |
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 MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #2,028 of 2,136 | #143 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #2,009 of 2,149 ▼ 7 | #150 of 176 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #2,081 of 2,149 ▼ 24 | #159 of 176 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #1,085 of 2,267 | #89 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #273 of 2,077 | #16 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #987 of 2,108 | #107 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #360 of 2,188 | #39 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #135 of 1,374 | #13 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
585
-187 (-24%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 585 | 42.5 | 13.8:1 | 73% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 76% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 46.5 | 14.5:1 | 76% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 57 | 13.5:1 | 94% (724) |
| 2017-18 | 873 | 72 | 12.1:1 | 96% (837) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 72 | 11.3:1 | 96% (784) |
| 2010-11 | 710 | 58 | 12.2:1 | 95% (674) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 75% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 799 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in HILLSBOROUGH, located in TAMPA, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 585 students.
HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students, and MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 55%. The remaining shares are 33% Black, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hillsborough County's population at about 30%. MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.8:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 73%. The 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 30 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 44.8%. It scores 32.5%, 12.3 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Hillsborough County this way: the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
The nearest public school is HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.5% proficiency; MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 32.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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 187 fewer students in 2024-25.
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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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Miles Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Miles Elementary. MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Miles Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 499 students
- Miles Elementary SchoolErlanger, KY · 278 students
- Miles Elementary SchoolMILES, TX · 269 students
Nearby schools
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS0.1 mi · 168
- IDEA VICTORY0.4 mi · 1,316
- BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 624
- WEST UNIVERSITY CHARTER HIGH0.8 mi · 419
- SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 682
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 55% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.