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What's the one class at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001033
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7110 S WESTSHORE BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33616 · (813) 272-3080 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
175 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 29 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
73%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
50.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 45.1% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 259 | 67.6% | 44.8% |
| KILLARNEY ELEMENTARY WINTER PARK | 344 | 67.4% | 49.4% |
| CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE TAMPA | 293 | 67.6% | 52.8% |
| PARKWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 322 | 62.4% | 31.9% |
| LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 331 | 59.5% | 55.2% |
| ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 342 | 59.6% | 54.5% |
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 WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,586 of 2,136 | #95 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,829 of 2,149 ▼ 219 | #125 of 176 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,279 of 2,149 ▼ 118 | #81 of 176 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #2,050 of 2,267 | #164 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #353 of 2,077 | #27 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #50 of 2,108 | #17 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #563 of 2,188 | #61 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.9% | #109 of 1,374 | #12 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
259
-105 (-29%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 259 | 18.4 | 14.1:1 | 68% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 63% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 64% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 73% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 35 | 11.4:1 | 80% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 77% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 30 | 11.0:1 | 85% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 87% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school found in TAMPA, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 259 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
HILLSBOROUGH is the district for WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The most common group at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 33%. After that, the student body is 33% Black, 20% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 30% Hispanic share among all Hillsborough County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.1:1. This ratio sits 3.4 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 68% of students, or 175, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hillsborough County averages 43%, lower than here.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 2.5 points below predicted: 44.8% against 47.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in the county.
Nearby, LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 44.8% versus a 55.4% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 105 students since 2020-21, to 259.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at WESTSHORE 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
- LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 282
- MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 344
- ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,438
- CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 325
- ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 221
- BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 33% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.