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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
968
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003380
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL
11701 USF BULL RUN ST, TAMPA, FL 33617 · (813) 987-6500 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL968 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
623 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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 117% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
61%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
34.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 4 points 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 | 34.8% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 41.8% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL this school | 968 | 64.4% | 40.7% |
| DIAMOND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 800 | 62.4% | 53.2% |
| ALLEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 926 | 61.1% | 39.5% |
| CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSKIN | 834 | 60.9% | 42.0% |
| HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL KEY WEST | 1,011 | 60.8% | 39.4% |
| LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED | 1,059 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
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 PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,775 of 2,136 | #112 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,828 of 2,149 ▼ 69 | #124 of 176 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,952 of 2,149 ▲ 35 | #139 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 968 | #223 of 2,267 | #13 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #979 of 2,077 | #80 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #804 of 2,108 | #86 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #720 of 2,188 | #67 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.9% | #113 of 621 | #10 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
968
+17 (+2%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 968 | 61.8 | 15.7:1 | 64% (623) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 55 | 16.7:1 | 68% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 902 | 59 | 15.3:1 | 71% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 951 | 72 | 13.2:1 | 93% (885) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 65 | 11.5:1 | 89% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 70 | 10.9:1 | 90% (685) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 54 | 11.5:1 | 83% (518) |
| 2000-01 | 984 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 83% (816) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL.
About PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL
The public elementary school PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL is located in TAMPA, Florida. The latest federal count shows 968 students in pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 60% bigger than average.
District-wide, HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 50%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Hillsborough County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.7:1, with 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL is 64%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL scores 40.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.9%.
Among Hillsborough County residents, the median household income is $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, WOODMONT CHARTER SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.9%, lower than PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL's 40.7%.
Federal data place PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 951 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 968. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Frequently asked questions
About PIZZO K-8 SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL?
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 968 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL serve?
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL have?
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
How diverse is PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL?
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 50% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL?
PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.