THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary campus in THONOTOSASSA, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 405 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 604.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.7%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,540, 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 THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.1%.

THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 9%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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