ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH

ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH, a modestly sized elementary school in PLANT CITY, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, educates 457 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH records that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 17% White, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Roughly 57% of students at ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH. On composite proficiency, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 47%: 310 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 17% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.