FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary-level community in THONOTOSASSA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, works with 484 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate 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. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 4%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 23% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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