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How has MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000990
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
205 S BUNGALOW PARK AVE, TAMPA, FL 33609 · (813) 872-5216 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
152 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 78.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 698 | 21.8% | 76.8% |
| SEVEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 656 | 22.1% | 71.0% |
| HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ODESSA | 690 | 23.5% | 78.8% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST VIERA | 649 | 26.5% | 64.0% |
| DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 704 | 22.3% | 76.1% |
| ALIMACANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 802 | 23.3% | 70.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #256 of 2,136 | #19 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #322 of 2,149 ▼ 57 | #23 of 176 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #366 of 2,149 ▼ 195 | #27 of 176 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #700 of 2,267 | #61 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,157 of 2,077 | #97 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #891 of 2,108 | #98 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,975 of 2,188 | #148 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #1,099 of 1,374 | #100 of 124 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
698
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 698 | 43.3 | 16.1:1 | 22% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 25% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 24% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 23% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 27% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 30% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 26% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 39% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 38 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in TAMPA, Florida. The school counted 698 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
HILLSBOROUGH (300 schools, 221,318 students) runs MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of White students at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56%, a majority. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 22% at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rate at public schools in Hillsborough County averages 43%, higher than here.
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.8%, compared with a predicted 70.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County has 320 public schools with about 223,193 students, including MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA is the nearest public school to MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 66.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The NCES locale for MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 688 in 2020-21 and 698 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.3 to 16.1 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
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- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Mitchell Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 17 states are named Mitchell Elementary. MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 23.
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolBridgewater, MA · 931 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 787 students
- Mitchell ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 597 students
- Mitchell ElementaryAtwater, CA · 528 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 498 students
Nearby schools
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA0.6 mi · 248
- MACFARLANE PARK ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 353
- WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 362
- DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.3 mi · 324
- GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 548
- WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 698 students in grades PK-05.
Is MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.