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Enrollment
829
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081002433
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6001 MARINER BLVD, SPRING HILL, FL 34609 · (352) 797-7030 · Hernando County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
511 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 61 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
52.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 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 | 52.7% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 49.9% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 829 | 61.6% | 50.9% |
| HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 833 | 65.5% | 36.5% |
| SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 967 | 62.2% | 57.1% |
| JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 920 | 61.2% | 48.4% |
| GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 780 | 57.2% | 55.5% |
| WENDELL WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 764 | 58.6% | 47.4% |
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 SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,296 of 2,136 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,416 of 2,149 ▼ 33 | #8 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,175 of 2,149 ▼ 35 | #6 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #405 of 2,267 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,692 of 2,077 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #722 of 2,108 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #844 of 2,188 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,348 of 1,374 | N/A |
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
829
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | 62% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 893 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 71% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 893 | 59 | 15.1:1 | 68% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 65% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 834 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 70% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 78% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 65% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 47% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 41 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school, SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in SPRING HILL, Florida. Enrolled students number 829 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within HERNANDO, which has 29 schools and 23,734 students.
The most common group at SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Hernando County, the White share is about 76%. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 46 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Eligible students account for 62% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Hernando County report 53%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 50.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hernando County show that the median household income is $66,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 31 public schools in Hernando County, enrolling about 23,734 students in all.
Nearest public school: CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH, about 1.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 829, a 4% increase from 800 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
Other schools in SPRING HILL
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLCombined · 1,154 students
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
Other Spring Hill Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Spring Hill Elementary. SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 12.
- Spring Hill ElementaryMcLean, VA · 980 students
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolFayetteville, GA · 661 students
- Spring Hill ElementaryWisconsin Dells, WI · 628 students
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolSpring Hill, KS · 600 students
- Spring Hill ElementaryAkron, OH · 478 students
Nearby schools
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH1.7 mi · 1,456
- GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 106
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 920
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS2.5 mi · 20
- POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,041
- EXPLORER K-82.6 mi · 1,544
Frequently asked questions
About SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 829 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 47% White, 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HERNANDO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.