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What's one thing POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001002
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3224 E CAYUGA ST, TAMPA, FL 33610 · (813) 276-5564 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
401 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 | 60 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
40%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
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
18.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 29.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 467 | 85.9% | 22.1% |
| HAVANA MAGNET SCHOOL HAVANA | 558 | 84.4% | 40.5% |
| MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 436 | 82.1% | 48.8% |
| SMART POPE LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 405 | 85.2% | N/A |
| PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 408 | 85.8% | 41.6% |
| ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 472 | 82.4% | 27.7% |
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 POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #2,131 of 2,136 | #171 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #2,145 of 2,149 ▼ 61 | #175 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #2,145 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #175 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #1,545 of 2,267 | #127 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,247 of 2,077 | #101 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #1,650 of 2,108 | #151 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #55 of 2,188 | #2 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #531 of 1,374 | #49 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
467
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 467 | 28.4 | 16.4:1 | 86% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 90% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 89% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 98% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 57 | 10.1:1 | 97% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 58 | 11.3:1 | 99% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 50 | 11.8:1 | 98% (575) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 81% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in HILLSBOROUGH, located in TAMPA, Florida. Its 467 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 23% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
The 300 schools of HILLSBOROUGH, including POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 221,318 students.
Black students make up a majority at POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 75%. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 16% Black. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.4:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 86% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
In Florida, POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.1% compared with a predicted 38.1%.
Hillsborough County has about 1,522,748 residents, and the median household income is $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
Of nearby public schools, LOMAX MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment climbed from 441 in 2020-21 to 467 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 16.4 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- LOMAX MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 239
- MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,637
- FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.6 mi · 437
- CARVER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER0.7 mi · 46
- PEPIN ACADEMIES0.8 mi · 834
- JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 18% Hispanic, 75% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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