ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a micro-enrollment elementary campus in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 221 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 17% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

KENNETH E. ADUM PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.0%.

ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 46%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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