BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 480 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 19% Black, 14% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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, BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.7%; BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 30.8%, -14.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LITERACY/LEADERSHIP/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 13%, going from 552 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 52% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.