BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 9720 WILSKY BLVD, in TAMPA, Florida, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that instructs 589 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: HENDERSON HAMMOCK CHARTER SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 638 students in 2018 to 589 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 75% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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