Best Public Schools in Sun City Center, FL

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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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				FAST English Language Arts (2025)			FAST Math (2025)			Statewide Science Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	FAST English Language Arts 3rd Grade	FAST English Language Arts 4th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 5th Grade	FAST Math 3rd Grade	FAST Math 4th Grade	FAST Math 5th Grade	Statewide Science Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Belmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	14150 Gate Dancer Rd	Sun City Center	33573	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 535-7806	957	55	17.4	48.9%	196 (20.5%)	365 (38.1%)	292 (30.5%)	17 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (9.0%)	33.4	1543^rd of 2258 public elementary schools	31.7%		28.3	1672^nd of 2256 public elementary schools	25.9%	129	53.0	39.0	52.0	52.0	43.0	56.0	42.0	$10,140	$2,155	$7,986

Cities Near Sun City Center

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ruskin	0.61 mi	8	353^rd
Apollo Beach	1.52 mi	5	137^th
Wimauma	5.91 mi	4	323^rd
Gibsonton	6.47 mi	5	343^rd
Riverview	7.36 mi	29	249^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Florida Department of Education.

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