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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002187
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4500 NORTHDALE BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33624 · (813) 975-7300 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
225 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
76.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 76.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 66.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 574 | 39.2% | 66.2% |
| COLLIER CHARTER ACADEMY NAPLES | 580 | 42.2% | 58.6% |
| WATERFORD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 532 | 38.0% | 68.1% |
| PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 627 | 37.5% | 77.8% |
| SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 504 | 45.4% | 60.3% |
| MANISCALCO K-8 SCHOOL LUTZ | 673 | 38.8% | 71.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #594 of 2,136 | #42 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #405 of 2,149 ▲ 288 | #28 of 176 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #603 of 2,149 ▲ 30 | #41 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,120 of 2,267 | #91 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #283 of 2,077 | #18 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #905 of 2,108 | #99 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.2% | #1,605 of 2,188 | #114 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #473 of 1,374 | #45 of 124 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
574
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 574 | 41.6 | 13.8:1 | 39% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 49% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 45% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 59% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 61% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 61 | 13.0:1 | 54% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 40% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 1,049 | 59 | 17.8:1 | 24% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 922 | 48 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school for students in TAMPA, Florida. It enrolls 574 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 300 schools run by HILLSBOROUGH, which serves 221,318 students.
Hispanic students are 55% of those enrolled at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hillsborough County's population at about 30%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Of all students at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 39% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 61.5% for a school in Florida with CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 66.2%.
In Hillsborough County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 320 public schools and about 223,193 students.
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 62.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The NCES locale for CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 96 students, from 670 to 574.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,040
- HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 820
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 658
- ESSRIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 608
- DOROTHY THOMAS CENTER2.6 mi · 35
- SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 55% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.