SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH, with 682 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that instructs 221,318 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 35% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.2%; this one comes in at 28.7%, -19.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

WEST UNIVERSITY CHARTER HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 682). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 37% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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