CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 19002 WOOD SAGE DR, in TAMPA, Florida, CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school that caters to 858 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. That puts it 42% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Asian at 32%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 21% White, 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 5% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 29% of students at CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 7%, going from 919 students in 2018 to 858 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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