DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, enrolling 957 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 58% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 27% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 73.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 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), DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 953 (now 957). Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 19% across the same window.

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