THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY

THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY, an one-room-style elementary campus in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, teaches 61 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 90% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 74.6%; actual is 25.8%, a gap of -48.8 points.

In the area at large, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. As a public charter, THE COLLABORATORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 66 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 30.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.