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.

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