NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of average-sized scale in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, works with 658 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 43% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +12.6 points.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 31% to 43%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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