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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
904
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004094
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11525 RAMBLE CREEK DR, RIVERVIEW, FL 33569 · (813) 672-5230 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
407 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
73%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
52.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 48.0% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 904 | 45.0% | 49.3% |
| TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,057 | 43.5% | 46.9% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES TAVARES | 972 | 43.5% | 71.2% |
| NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 939 | 39.6% | 40.9% |
| CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,137 | 48.7% | 62.7% |
| BEAUCLERC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 694 | 46.1% | 39.5% |
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 SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,367 of 2,136 | #83 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,496 of 2,149 ▼ 7 | #93 of 176 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,205 of 2,149 ▲ 33 | #72 of 176 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #302 of 2,267 | #22 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #858 of 2,077 | #69 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #53 of 2,108 | #18 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #1,446 of 2,188 | #108 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #622 of 1,374 | #59 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
904
-37 (-4%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 847
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 904 | 58.8 | 15.4:1 | 45% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 946 | 60.5 | 15.6:1 | 49% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 942 | 62.5 | 15.1:1 | 48% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 941 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 65% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 1,087 | 77 | 14.1:1 | 59% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 1,051 | 77 | 13.7:1 | 58% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 847 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 53% (450) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in RIVERVIEW, Florida. The school's 904 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
The HILLSBOROUGH system has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The most common group at SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 36%. It is also 28% White, 23% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 45%. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 58.6% and the result is 49.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, enrolling about 223,193 students in all.
KIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIVERVIEW SOUTHEAST is located about 1.0 miles from SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 49.3% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 904, a 4% decrease from 941 in 2020-21.
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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
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 RIVERVIEW
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- SPOTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,933 students
- WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,827 students
- COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,644 students
- SOUTHSHORE CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 1,230 students
Nearby schools
- KIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIVERVIEW SOUTHEAST1.0 mi · 433
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,387
- BIG BEND ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.5 mi · 18
- RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.5 mi · 1,059
- COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,644
- KIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIVERVIEW SOUTH (K-12)1.6 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 904 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 28% White, 36% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SESSUMS 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.