KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 404 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 604.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 34% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IDEA HOPE, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 22% to 34% over that span.

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