SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA)

SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) is a 9-12 campus of modestly sized scale in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, serveing 580 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that instructs 221,318 students overall.

Demographically, SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 9% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 52.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.1%; this one comes in at 39.6%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: SLAM ACADEMY TAMPA ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA) has expanded 52%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 22% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 52.7:1 in 2025.

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