The top reported proficiency rate is 42% in Math. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Thonotosassa Elementary School
Thonotosassa Elementary sits on Skewlee Road in one of Hillsborough County's quieter corners, an unincorporated stretch of northeastern Tampa suburbia where newer subdivisions on acre-plus lots share the landscape with citrus-and-ranch heritage, a branch library beside a community park, and the open water of Lake Thonotosassa. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Hillsborough County district, drawing from a community that is largely car-dependent and oriented more toward Tampa commutes than any local commercial hub. Residents own rather than rent at high rates, and publicly reported sources describe the area as a suburban-rural mix in steady, subdivision-driven growth.
The enrollment is modest for an elementary school of this grade span. The student body is racially mixed, with white, Hispanic, and Black students each making up meaningful shares, alongside smaller multiracial and Asian populations. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population by any standard. Data on English learner and special education rates were not available in what was provided.
On state assessments, Thonotosassa Elementary's results are below the midpoint. Florida's FAST assessments show that in math, third graders approach half of students reaching proficiency, but that rate drops into the upper thirties for fourth grade and the mid-thirties for fifth grade. English language arts results are lower still across all three tested grades, sitting in the low-to-mid thirties. The fifth-grade Florida statewide science assessment shows roughly a quarter of students meeting the proficiency mark. Pre-K through second grade are not tested under state accountability, so those grades carry no published results. Taken together, these are numbers that suggest a meaningful portion of students are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks by upper elementary, and parents would do well to ask the school directly about intervention programs, reading support, and how the school tracks individual student progress over time.
Trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this payload to say whether scores are improving, flat, or declining. A comparison against other districts in Hillsborough County was not computable because there is only one district in the county comparison set.
The community itself is growing. New single-family developments are being marketed as affordable Tampa-adjacent options, and builders are actively pursuing additional land near the interstate for one-acre-lot subdivisions. Home values in the Thonotosassa zip code sit above the Florida statewide median and above the national median, though prices have dipped modestly year over year. Estimated monthly carrying costs for a purchase at current prices are substantial, and the rent-to-income ratio is meaningful as well. For families considering a move to attend this school, the housing market context is worth weighing alongside the academic picture.
At the district level, Hillsborough County voters approved a property tax referendum in late 2024, publicly reported as adding a supplemental levy for several years beginning in the summer of 2025, with the revenue directed toward teacher and staff pay increases. Homeowners will see this as a direct multi-year cost. Separately, the district carried out a large boundary rezoning for the current school year, affecting school assignments across the county. Families considering Thonotosassa Elementary should confirm their address falls within the school's current attendance zone, given how recently those lines shifted.
No program-specific information was included in the data provided, so specialty offerings, enrichment programs, or before-and-after-school care options are not something this account can speak to. Those would be worth asking the school directly.
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