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Enrollment
967
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081002250
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11135 QUALITY DR, SPRING HILL, FL 34609 · (352) 797-7085 · Hernando County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL967 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
601 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 | 32 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 166 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 169 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (153).
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
59.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 54.6% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 967 | 62.2% | 57.1% |
| JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 920 | 61.2% | 48.4% |
| SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 829 | 61.6% | 50.9% |
| HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 833 | 65.5% | 36.5% |
| MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 787 | 58.7% | 50.4% |
| GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 780 | 57.2% | 55.5% |
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 SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #994 of 2,136 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #916 of 2,149 ▲ 252 | #3 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #846 of 2,149 ▲ 162 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 967 | #226 of 2,267 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,669 of 2,077 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #777 of 2,108 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #821 of 2,188 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #413 of 621 | #6 of 9 |
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
967
+205 (+27%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 967 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 62% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 921 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 69% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 64% (574) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 58% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 62% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 933 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 66% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 56% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 44 | 19.1:1 | 32% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING HILL, Florida, is home to SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 967 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.
Within HERNANDO, SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 29 schools. The district enrolls 23,734 students.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among people living in Hernando County, the White share is about 76%. The diversity index for SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 62% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hernando County average 53%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.0% for SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 57.1%, 7.1 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hernando County show that the median household earns about $66,058 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Hernando County, 31 public schools serve about 23,734 students.
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 57.1% versus a 54.0% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 205 students, from 762 to 967. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.9:1 to 17.9:1.
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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
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
- DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
Nearby schools
- SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 444
- GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY1.8 mi · 217
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,853
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS3.3 mi · 20
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 920
- DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 967 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HERNANDO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.