PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL

PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a micro-enrollment senior high in RIVERVIEW, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 205 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

On demographics, PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% White, 18% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.6%; actual is 39.9%, a gap of -23.6 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 270 students in 2018 compared to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 23%.

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