CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PLANT CITY, Florida, CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary campus, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. It hosts 715 students across grades pre-K through 5.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 44% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 44.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 686 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 52% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.