STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary campus in LITHIA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. The school caters to 867 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.0%, the actual is 79.9%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 70.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 848 students in 2018 to 867 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 62% to 57% over that span.

On the community side, members of the STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.