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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003715
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6280 WATSON RD, RIVERVIEW, FL 33578 · (813) 740-4182 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
189 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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
71%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
50.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 47.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 410 | 46.1% | 46.7% |
| SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 444 | 47.5% | 49.0% |
| CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 533 | 42.2% | 66.8% |
| HOLLYWOOD CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 309 | 44.0% | 42.2% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 WELLINGTON | 459 | 43.6% | 44.0% |
| DILLARD STREET ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 466 | 44.8% | 49.8% |
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 SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,498 of 2,136 | #90 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,834 of 2,149 ▼ 297 | #126 of 176 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,268 of 2,149 ▼ 122 | #80 of 176 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #1,740 of 2,267 | #137 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #87 of 2,077 | #5 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #113 of 2,108 | #25 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #1,417 of 2,188 | #105 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #211 of 1,374 | #18 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
410
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 410 | 32.6 | 12.6:1 | 46% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 28.5 | 15.7:1 | 48% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 30.5 | 13.9:1 | 49% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 60% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 56% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 37% (222) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in RIVERVIEW, Florida. It is a small elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 410 students enrolled. That is 32% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH (300 schools, 221,318 students) runs SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The student body at SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 37%. Other groups include 31% White, 21% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 46%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average a similar 43%.
A school with SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 58.1%. SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 46.7%, 11.4 points below that line.
In Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Hillsborough County, 320 public schools serve about 223,193 students.
WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOL sits about 0.5 miles from SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 419 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 410.
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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
Other Symmes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Symmes Elementary. SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Symmes Elementary SchoolLoveland, OH · 656 students
Nearby schools
- WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,827
- KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 437
- RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 444
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF RIVERVIEW1.6 mi · 1,169
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF HILLSBOROUGH1.7 mi · 91
- MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 31% White, 37% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.