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How has SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001016
SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11311 N 15TH ST, TAMPA, FL 33612 · (813) 975-7366 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
449 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
682
-40 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.0:1
% White
2%
was 8%
% Hispanic
60%
was 37%
% Black
35%
was 51%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- WEST UNIVERSITY CHARTER HIGH0.2 mi · 419
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 38
- WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 530
- IDEA VICTORY0.7 mi · 1,316
- BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 624
- MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 682 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 60% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.