CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in TAMPA, Florida, CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under HILLSBOROUGH. It caters to 731 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

On the student-mix side, CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 68% of students at CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

In the broader community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is LETO HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 21%, going from 924 students in 2018 to 731 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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