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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
410
-170 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.8:1
% White
31%
was 39%
% Hispanic
37%
was 33%
% Black
21%
was 17%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in RIVERVIEW, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that instructs 221,318 students overall.
Looking at the student body, SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% White, 21% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -11.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).
Nearest neighbor: WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 580 (now 410). Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 31%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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.