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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001025
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10050 SKEWLEE RD, THONOTOSASSA, FL 33592 · (813) 987-6987 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
311 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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 17% 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
31.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.2pp 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 43 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 44.9% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 405 | 76.8% | 39.8% |
| AUBURNDALE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 371 | 74.9% | 41.5% |
| TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 417 | 74.8% | 51.1% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 466 | 76.8% | 49.4% |
| GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 393 | 75.6% | 35.2% |
| S BRYAN JENNINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 492 | 79.9% | 57.0% |
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 THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,816 of 2,136 | #115 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,841 of 2,149 ▼ 220 | #128 of 176 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #2,022 of 2,149 ▼ 213 | #148 of 176 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,754 of 2,267 | #140 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,861 of 2,077 | #138 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #121 of 2,108 | #26 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #240 of 2,188 | #22 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #1,014 of 1,374 | #94 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
405
+59 (+17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 405 | 21.1 | 19.2:1 | 77% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 26.5 | 15.4:1 | 81% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 80% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 88% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 88% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 89% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 83% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 76% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 10050 SKEWLEE RD in THONOTOSASSA, Florida, THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. The school serves 405 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 33% smaller than that.
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 300 schools that make up HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students in total).
At THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 36%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 51% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 19.2:1 comes from the school's 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The lunch program counts 77% of students at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Hillsborough County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 42.7%. It scores 39.8%, 2.9 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Hillsborough County is home to 320 public schools and about 223,193 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 405 students in 2024-25, 59 more than the 346 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.2:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in THONOTOSASSA
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
- ACTSCombined
Nearby schools
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 484
- JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 686
- DR. KIRAN C. PATEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 510
- TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 660
- DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 639
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 31% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.