LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in LUTZ, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. The school educates 761 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.9%; this one delivers 70.2%.

Around the school, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 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), LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location. LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. LEARNING GATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 782 (now 761). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 72% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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