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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002510
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16438 HUTCHISON RD, TAMPA, FL 33625 · (813) 975-7315 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
197 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
62%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
78.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
83.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 83.2% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 658 | 29.9% | 78.8% |
| LOWRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 755 | 28.1% | 61.0% |
| FLORANADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 719 | 29.6% | 75.8% |
| RAYMA C. PAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FT MYERS | 697 | 32.4% | 69.0% |
| GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 556 | 24.3% | 77.1% |
| DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUTZ | 738 | 31.4% | 64.1% |
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 NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #197 of 2,136 | #12 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #195 of 2,149 ▲ 32 | #15 of 176 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #210 of 2,149 ▼ 78 | #17 of 176 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #840 of 2,267 | #72 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #890 of 2,077 | #72 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #754 of 2,108 | #79 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #1,820 of 2,188 | #128 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #455 of 621 | #29 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
658
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,113
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 658 | 42.6 | 15.4:1 | 30% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 45.5 | 15.2:1 | 37% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 46.5 | 15.0:1 | 42% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 43% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 41% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 35% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 45 | 20.1:1 | 19% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 1,113 | 58 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in TAMPA, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It reports enrollment of 658 students in pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH runs NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 299 other schools, enrolling 221,318 students in total.
About 43% of students at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 43% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Hillsborough County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 13 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.0 students per teacher. Roughly 30% of students at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 43%.
Test results at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 12.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (78.8% actual, 66.2% predicted).
In the wider Hillsborough County area, median household income comes to about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County's 320 public schools enroll about 223,193 students and include NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.6 miles away. NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 78.8% compares with 66.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY 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.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 665 in 2020-21 and 658 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 15.4:1 over the same years.
The NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 29.
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 418 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 574
- HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 690
- HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 820
- WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,039
- PLATO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TAMPA2.3 mi · 393
- CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 43% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NORTHWEST 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.