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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the THOMPSON ELEMENTARY administration to hear?
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Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008286
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY
2020 E SHELL POINT RD, RUSKIN, FL 33570 · (813) 938-1203 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
512 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 | 43 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
60%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
31.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 38.0% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 THOMPSON ELEMENTARY
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON ELEMENTARY this school | 789 | 64.9% | 35.7% |
| ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 732 | 65.7% | 24.8% |
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING KISSIMMEE | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 726 | 62.8% | 36.6% |
| KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 714 | 68.8% | 36.2% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
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 THOMPSON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,962 of 2,136 | #136 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,919 of 2,149 ▼ 31 | #137 of 176 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #2,028 of 2,149 ▼ 232 | #150 of 176 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #488 of 2,267 | #42 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,494 of 2,077 | #120 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #882 of 2,108 | #95 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #695 of 2,188 | #65 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #1,172 of 1,374 | #109 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
789
+68 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 789 | 45.8 | 17.2:1 | 65% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 36 | 20.9:1 | 68% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 69% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 84% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 86% (710) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 68 | 12.6:1 | 83% (714) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMPSON ELEMENTARY.
About THOMPSON ELEMENTARY
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in RUSKIN, Florida. There are 789 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
The HILLSBOROUGH system has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The student body at THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is 55% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
With 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at THOMPSON ELEMENTARY, 65% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Hillsborough County, the average is 43%.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.6%. THOMPSON ELEMENTARY scores 35.7%.
The school is in Hillsborough County, where the median household earns about $79,540 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. THOMPSON ELEMENTARY shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to THOMPSON ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, THOMPSON ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around THOMPSON ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 68 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.1 to 17.2 over 4 years.
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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 RUSKIN
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
- SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,593 students
- RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAYElementary · 813 students
- SOUTH COUNTY CAREER CENTERCombined · 168 students
Other Thompson Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thompson Elementary. THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 10.
- Thompson Elementary SchoolGrandview, WA · 549 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 540 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 531 students
- Thompson ElementaryHighland, CA · 455 students
- Thompson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 455 students
Nearby schools
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 2,553
- LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY1.0 mi · 813
- RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 838
- SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACH1.7 mi · 1,235
- SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,593
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 834
Frequently asked questions
About THOMPSON ELEMENTARYHow large is THOMPSON ELEMENTARY?
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-05.
Is THOMPSON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at THOMPSON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at THOMPSON ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is THOMPSON ELEMENTARY?
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 13% White, 55% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is THOMPSON ELEMENTARY in?
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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