DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL

DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is a cozy elementary campus in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. The school teaches 324 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

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

Looking at the student body, DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 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), DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 18% since 2018, when it stood at 275 (now 324). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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