KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized primary school in PLANT CITY, Florida, KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 630 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.

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

Looking at the student body, KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 41% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

Around the school, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: CORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 755 (now 630). Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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