CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE

CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 293 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 604.

CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that caters to 221,318 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE lists that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 19% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 52.8%.

Across the wider county, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PRE-K ESE COMMUNITY PEEPS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE. On composite proficiency, CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE operates from an urban location. CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 24% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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