BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA

Set in TAMPA, Florida, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA is a cozy elementary school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. It enrolls 248 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Black, 15% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 31.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.5%; BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA posts 33.7%, -41.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) records that 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. BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 41% to 54%. Class-load math has grew: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 31.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.