PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in TAMPA, Florida, PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact primary school, part of HILLSBOROUGH. It enrolls 406 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that educates 221,318 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 33% Black, 10% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 49% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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