CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 4500 NORTHDALE BLVD, in TAMPA, Florida, CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community that works with 574 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by HILLSBOROUGH.

CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that works with 221,318 students overall.

Demographically, CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 574). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 45% to 55% over that span.

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