CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary-level community in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, serves 787 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 604.

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

Demographically, CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 29% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 77.4%.

In the area at large, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 787). Asian enrollment moved from 19% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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