Kids Community College Riverview Southeast, Riverview FL

Original Research by School Decision on Kids Community College Riverview Southeast

Kids Community College Riverview Southeast is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade on McMullen Road in Riverview, a fast-growing suburban community southeast of Tampa in Hillsborough County. As a charter, it operates independently of Hillsborough County Public Schools' boundary assignments, meaning families choose to enroll here rather than being assigned.

Riverview itself has expanded rapidly over the past decade, drawing families from across the country with newer housing stock, master-planned neighborhoods, and relative affordability compared to Tampa proper. Home values in the zip code sit modestly above the Florida statewide median and have edged downward slightly over the past year, while rents have ticked up. The area is car-dependent outside of a few walkable pockets like Winthrop Town Centre, and most residents commute into the broader Tampa metro. The Alafia River, a county park and recreation center, a civic center with a boat ramp, and the well-equipped Riverview Public Library are the main civic anchors. A voter-approved property tax referendum passed in late 2024 will add a modest per-year cost for homeowners through 2029 to fund teacher and staff pay increases in the county district; publicly reported accounts indicate charter schools receive a share under state law.

The school draws a diverse enrollment. Black and Hispanic students together make up well over half the student body, with white and Asian students accounting for most of the remainder. A smaller share of students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch than is typical in many Florida charters, suggesting a relatively less economically disadvantaged population overall. Data on special education identification rates and English learner counts were not available in what was provided.

On state assessments, the picture is one a family should examine carefully. Florida's FAST exams show math proficiency running well below majority levels across every tested grade, with earlier grades faring somewhat better than the upper middle school grades, where results are quite low. Fifth grade is a notable dip in both math and ELA. Reading and language arts results are generally higher than math at each grade level, with fourth grade standing out as a relative strength, but even ELA proficiency rates fall below the majority-of-students threshold in most grades. Science scores at the two tested grade levels are similarly modest. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent thinking seriously about academics here would want to ask the school directly about its instructional approach, how it supports students who are not yet proficient, and what trajectory it is aiming for.

No information was provided about specific program offerings, course pathways, extracurricular activities, staffing levels, chronic absenteeism, or discipline practices. Those are meaningful gaps for a family trying to understand day-to-day school life, and the school's own communications would be the right place to fill them in. The comparison data set for Hillsborough County contained only one district, so no meaningful peer comparison was possible.

The school is physically situated in a part of Riverview that continues to add residents and housing, which gives the community a suburban-new-construction character rather than an established neighborhood feel. Families drawn to a K-8 charter option with a diverse peer group in a growing part of the Tampa suburbs will find that this school fits that description. The academic results, taken as they stand, are an area worth probing further rather than setting aside.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 58% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 59% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 54% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 54% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 47 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 36% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 58% · ▼ 52 pts below district

▼ 45 pts below state median · ▼ 47 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 53% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 53% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 53% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 55% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 55% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 52% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 50% · ▼ 30 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 48% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolHILLSBOROUGH, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income63%27 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income63%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income24%Higher-income44%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income50%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income40%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income59%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income14%Higher-income56%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income47%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income10%Higher-income32%22 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income14%Higher-income15%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income39%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income0%12 pp gap