SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL

SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, educateing 678 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 29.6%.

Around the school, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DR CARTER G WOODSON K-8 SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL has contracted 18%, going from 822 students in 2018 to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 23% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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