TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 6100 TAMPA PALMS BLVD, in TAMPA, Florida, TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that hosts 682 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by HILLSBOROUGH.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 26% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.1%; this one delivers 61.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 928 (now 682). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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