NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Seffner, FL

10 public K-12 schools in Seffner from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

10
Schools
6,479
Students
34.4/100
Avg Resource Index
16.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Seffner has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Armwood High School enrolls 35.2% of Seffner's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Seffner's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Seffner lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 57 to 2,278 students, a 40-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 34%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
23rd percentile
Teacher staffing
37th percentile

Armwood High School accounts for 35.2% of all Seffner public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Seffner-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Seffner school enrollment varies 40× across entities

Seffner school enrollment ranges from 57 students (lowest) to 2,278 students (highest), a spread of 2,221 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Seffner reports 66.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Seffner operates one school district — a single-district system

Seffner's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Seffner student-teacher ratio is 16.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Seffner is typically wider than the Seffner-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Brandon Success Center 58
2. Seffner Elementary School 42
3. Lopez Exceptional Center 37
4. Mcdonald Elementary School 35
5. Burnett Middle School 32
6. Armwood High School 31
7. Colson Elementary School 29
8. Lopez Elementary School 28
9. Jennings Middle School 27
10. Mango Elementary School 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Seffner

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lopez Exceptional Center 70.7/100
  2. 2 Armwood High School 68.6/100
  3. 3 Burnett Middle School 68.4/100
  4. 4 Mcdonald Elementary School 68.4/100
  5. 5 Lopez Elementary School 67.4/100

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Which Seffner school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Brandon Success Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Seffner schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Seffner, FL?

Seffner has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,479 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.