CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of very small scale in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, teacheing 195 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

On the student-mix side, CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.7%.

CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 47%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 195 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 30% to 38% over that span.

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