Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001015
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6201 N CENTRAL AVE, TAMPA, FL 33604 · (813) 276-5556 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
215 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
70%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
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 49.3% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 375 | 57.3% | 48.2% |
| WILDWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WILDWOOD | 409 | 53.5% | 49.0% |
| EUSTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EUSTIS | 422 | 55.9% | 43.0% |
| LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 331 | 59.5% | 55.2% |
| SAVANNA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 512 | 57.4% | 49.5% |
| BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 335 | 55.8% | 51.7% |
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 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,414 of 2,136 | #85 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,703 of 2,149 ▼ 287 | #110 of 176 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,292 of 2,149 ▼ 419 | #82 of 176 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #1,826 of 2,267 | #148 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,294 of 2,077 | #106 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #198 of 2,108 | #33 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #1,003 of 2,188 | #85 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #738 of 1,374 | #67 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
375
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 375 | 22.6 | 16.6:1 | 57% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 29.5 | 11.7:1 | 59% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 30.5 | 12.1:1 | 61% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 78% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 43 | 10.2:1 | 81% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 46 | 10.9:1 | 79% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 69% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 68 | 10.7:1 | 78% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 43 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in TAMPA, Florida. A total of 375 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 38% lower.
HILLSBOROUGH enrolls 221,318 students, and its 300 schools include SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Black, at 36%. It is also 30% Hispanic, 27% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 16% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.6:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 57%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 14 points.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.4%. SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 48.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
The school nearest to SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.8%; SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 48.2%, ranking 1st of 7.
The NCES locale for SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 375, a 4% increase from 361 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.7 to 16.6 over 4 years.
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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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- CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 195
- HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,679
- WALTON ACADEMY1.0 mi · 157
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 973
- SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 761
- FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-05.
Is SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 30% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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