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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001008
ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4405 E SLIGH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33610 · (813) 744-8033 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
389 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 | 70 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
48%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
29.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 24.2% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 472 | 82.4% | 27.7% |
| MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 436 | 82.1% | 48.8% |
| JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 388 | 82.7% | 22.8% |
| WEST RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 524 | 77.9% | 25.4% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY PENSACOLA | 489 | 80.0% | 31.9% |
| FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 428 | 81.5% | 33.2% |
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 ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #2,101 of 2,136 | #162 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #2,100 of 2,149 ▲ 26 | #166 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #2,073 of 2,149 ▲ 44 | #156 of 176 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #1,523 of 2,267 | #126 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #787 of 2,077 | #62 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #1,455 of 2,108 | #138 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #106 of 2,188 | #9 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #106 of 1,374 | #11 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
472
-177 (-27%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 82% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 86% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 89% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 96% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 63 | 11.5:1 | 94% (683) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 68 | 11.4:1 | 94% (727) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 52 | 10.5:1 | 94% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 97% (685) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 47 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in TAMPA, Florida, (ZIP code 33610). The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 472 students. That puts enrollment 22% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH has a total of 300 schools and 221,318 students, ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
The share of Black students at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 69%, a majority. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Black share among all Hillsborough County residents. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 15.2:1, based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 82% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 39.9% and the result is 27.7%.
In Hillsborough County, home to about 1,522,748 people, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Hillsborough County number 320, with about 223,193 students.
SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 27% decline, from 649 to 472. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Robles Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Robles Elementary. ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Robles Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 320 students
Nearby schools
- SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 396
- PEPIN ACADEMIES1.0 mi · 834
- KING HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,154
- KIMBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 339
- WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL1.2 mi · 856
- JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 21% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROBLES 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.