Elementary · Florida
Thompson Elementary
Free meals for allThompson Elementary, a public elementary school in Ruskin, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 789 students, 17.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hillsborough.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 789
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.8
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
More students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Larger than 94% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%32%proficient
−4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 55% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
399 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%40%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 60% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
398 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Hillsborough
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hillsborough.
Location
- Address
- 2020 E Shell Point Rd, Ruskin, FL 33570
- Phone
- (813)938-1203
- City or town
- Ruskin
- County
- Hillsborough County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–8 | 813 | 19.6 | 52% | 55% | |
Ruskin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 838 | 16.1 | 29% | 39% |
Cypress Creek Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 834 | 17.0 | 38% | 46% |
| Pre-K–8 | 1,381 | 15.8 | 72% | 76% | |
Apollo Beach K-8 SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 794 | 16.6 | 62% | 74% |
Waterset Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | — | — | 57% | 59% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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