Enrollment
61
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008584
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY
6406 E CHELSEA ST, TAMPA, FL 33610 · (844) 702-3123 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
30.5:1
2 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
8 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 8% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +34.6pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 35 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 8.0% | 31.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-48.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 75% 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 →
Where THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 61 | #2,225 of 2,267 | #180 of 182 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
61
-5 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
30.5:1
was 9.4:1
% White
5%
was 3%
% Hispanic
21%
was 24%
% Black
61%
was 68%
% Asian
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61 | 2 | 30.5:1 | 13% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 49 | 7 | 7.0:1 | 100% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 3 | 24.3:1 | 99% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 66 | 7 | 9.4:1 | 59% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in TAMPA, Florida. It enrolled 61 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools; together they serve 221,318 students.
At THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY, Black students make up 61% of the student body. Next come 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% White. The county population is about 16% Black. THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 30.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 13%. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
After accounting for student poverty, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.8% is 48.8 points below the 74.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Hillsborough County this way: the median household income is $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
The next-closest public school is KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 25.8% is below the 42.5% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
Over 7 years, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY's enrollment declined 8%, to 61. Black students went from 68% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 61% in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 9.4:1 to 30.5:1 between 2017-18 and 2024-25.
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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
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- KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 404
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Frequently asked questions
About THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 61 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Approximately 30.5:1 students per teacher at THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
How diverse is THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 5% White, 21% Hispanic, 61% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY public or private?
THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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