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Enrollment
842
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153008337
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5126 SCHOOL RD, LAND O LAKES, FL 34638 · (813) 794-1500 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
90 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
75.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 74.8% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 842 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
| BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 826 | 15.1% | 87.4% |
| MORIKAMI PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 806 | 12.9% | 93.6% |
| CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 730 | 15.9% | 73.0% |
| PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKLAND | 981 | 10.2% | 79.3% |
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 SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #290 of 2,136 | #6 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #277 of 2,149 ▲ 106 | #5 of 60 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #257 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #6 of 60 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #387 of 2,267 | #13 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,215 of 2,077 | #50 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #1,109 of 2,108 | #47 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #2,116 of 2,188 | #59 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #312 of 621 | #17 of 26 |
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
842
+47 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 842 | 51.7 | 16.3:1 | 11% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 50.7 | 17.0:1 | 16% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 824 | 52.5 | 15.7:1 | 18% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 15% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 22% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in LAND O LAKES, Florida. A total of 842 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 39% larger than average.
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 105 schools: PASCO, with 86,873 students.
By race and ethnicity, SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63% White. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 72% White share among all Pasco County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 11%. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Pasco County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 75.3% actual, 75.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Among Pasco County residents, median household income is about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 111 public schools in Pasco County, with a combined enrollment of about 86,873.
The closest public school, COUNTRYSIDE MONTESSORI ACADEMY, is about 0.8 miles from SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st among 9 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 795 in 2020-21 and 842 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in LAND O LAKES
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,365 students
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,114 students
- ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATIONHigh · 1,088 students
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- COUNTRYSIDE MONTESSORI ACADEMY0.8 mi · 357
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,045
- PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 522
- PINE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 929
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,233
- LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 842 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.