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Enrollment
750
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001019
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3208 NESMITH RD, PLANT CITY, FL 33566 · (813) 757-9321 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
519 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 | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
53%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
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
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
51.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
62.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp 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 63 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 5 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 | 51.7% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 59.6% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 750 | 69.2% | 55.8% |
| SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 792 | 69.7% | 59.7% |
| STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARATHON | 602 | 66.6% | 49.7% |
| TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 804 | 66.7% | 46.4% |
| BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 711 | 72.3% | 45.0% |
| DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 653 | 68.0% | 47.1% |
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 SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,051 of 2,136 | #62 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #987 of 2,149 ▼ 34 | #62 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,221 of 2,149 ▲ 103 | #74 of 176 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #571 of 2,267 | #51 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #713 of 2,077 | #54 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #1,206 of 2,108 | #121 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #490 of 2,188 | #56 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #440 of 1,374 | #43 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
750
+37 (+5%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
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 | 750 | 49.8 | 15.1:1 | 69% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 46.5 | 15.4:1 | 73% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 49.5 | 14.8:1 | 76% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 88% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 953 | 71 | 13.4:1 | 86% (817) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 69 | 12.9:1 | 83% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 81% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 774 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 81% (627) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in PLANT CITY, Florida. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 750 students. That puts enrollment 24% larger than the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 300 schools that make up HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students in total).
The share of Hispanic students at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61%, a majority. The school is also 30% White, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Hillsborough County residents. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 26 points lower.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 46.5% at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.8%.
For Hillsborough County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools.
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 3.6 miles from PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8.
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).
In 2020-21, SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 713 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 750.
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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 PLANT CITY
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,504 students
- TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,340 students
- MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,000 students
- WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 809 students
Nearby schools
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 2,572
- MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,066
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL3.7 mi · 510
- ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH3.7 mi · 457
- R. BRUCE WAGNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 899
- RCMA MULBERRY COMMUNITY ACADEMY4.0 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 750 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 61% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.