COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a compact elementary-level community in SEFFNER, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH, hosts 511 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that hosts 221,318 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 701 (now 511). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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