DETENTION CENTER WEST

DETENTION CENTER WEST operates as a tiny combined-grade school in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 26 students spanning grades 3 through 12. That puts it 93% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 353 students.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; DETENTION CENTER WEST is among them.

Demographically, DETENTION CENTER WEST reports that Black students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting DETENTION CENTER WEST tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at DETENTION CENTER WEST qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which DETENTION CENTER WEST is one.

Nearest neighbor: LES PETERS ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DETENTION CENTER WEST.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. DETENTION CENTER WEST's enrollment has ticked down 68% since 2018, when it stood at 82 (now 26). White enrollment moved from 9% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.