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Enrollment
876
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003387
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9517 W LINEBAUGH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33626 · (813) 631-4600 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
188 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
63%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
75.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
84.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 80.8% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 876 | 21.5% | 76.8% |
| CARILLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 907 | 27.2% | 72.8% |
| TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 819 | 25.8% | 81.7% |
| KIRKLAND RANCH K-8 WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,145 | 21.0% | 71.6% |
| KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 954 | 14.2% | 81.4% |
| GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY SANFORD | 804 | 27.7% | 68.9% |
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 WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #252 of 2,136 | #18 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #164 of 2,149 ▲ 41 | #12 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #263 of 2,149 ▲ 62 | #21 of 176 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #339 of 2,267 | #25 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,423 of 2,077 | #116 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #667 of 2,108 | #70 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #1,982 of 2,188 | #149 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #918 of 1,374 | #85 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
876
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 1,275
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 876 | 51.6 | 17.0:1 | 21% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 53.5 | 16.7:1 | 25% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 22% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 21% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 978 | 67 | 14.6:1 | 20% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 955 | 69 | 13.8:1 | 19% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 1,056 | 71 | 14.9:1 | 13% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 1,275 | 60 | 21.3:1 | 16% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in HILLSBOROUGH, located in TAMPA, Florida. School enrollment was 876 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 45% larger than that.
The district, HILLSBOROUGH, has 221,318 students enrolled across 300 schools.
Roughly 51% of students at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 51.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.0:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hillsborough County.
allk12 grades WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.8%, compared with a predicted 70.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Hillsborough County, the median household income is $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Hillsborough County is home to 320 public schools and about 223,193 public school students.
The closest public school to WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 875 in 2020-21 and 876 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. 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
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Nearby schools
- DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 969
- HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.1 mi · 819
- LOWRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 755
- BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 589
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,863
- DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 876 students in grades PK-05.
Is WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.0:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTCHASE 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.