MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 698 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.4%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 747 students in 2018 compared to 698 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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