NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in DOVER, Florida, NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 630 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH.

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

Looking at the student body, NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate 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. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 823 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 49% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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