Summary:
Sun City Center, Florida has only one school in the data set - Belmont Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and has an enrollment of 957 students. The school is part of the Hillsborough District, which is ranked 49 out of 67 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Belmont Elementary School's performance has been declining over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1900 out of 2240 Florida elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1543 out of 2258 in 2024-2025. The school's SchoolDigger rating has also declined, from 1 star out of 5 in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to 2 stars out of 5 in 2024-2025. Academically, the school's test scores are generally below the Hillsborough District and Florida state averages across various subjects and grade levels, with only 42% of 5th-grade students proficient in science in 2024-2025, compared to 50% for the district and 55% for the state.
Additionally, Belmont Elementary School faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.4% in 2023-2024 and a relatively high percentage of students (48.9%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's per-student spending of $10,140 in 2023-2024 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.4 are within typical ranges for elementary schools.
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