COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL

COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL operates as a sizable elementary school in RIVERVIEW, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 1,644 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL sits 172% bigger than that benchmark.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL reports that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 34% 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of -8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUMMERFIELD CROSSINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.

COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL has ticked up 67%, going from 983 students in 2018 to 1,644 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 42% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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