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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001026
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL
8207 TINKER ST, TAMPA, FL 33621 · (813) 840-2043 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
151 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 137% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
63%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL→ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 76.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like TINKER K-8 SCHOOL
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TINKER K-8 SCHOOL this school | 560 | 27.0% | 72.0% |
| KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 535 | 29.2% | 79.1% |
| LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 559 | 29.3% | 56.6% |
| MADISON STREET ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS OCALA | 467 | 30.8% | 81.4% |
| VETERANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 638 | 27.0% | 61.8% |
| PRINCETON ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 444 | 24.5% | 79.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where TINKER K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #381 of 2,136 | #28 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #506 of 2,149 ▼ 187 | #37 of 176 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #638 of 2,149 ▼ 229 | #44 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #1,181 of 2,267 | #95 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #916 of 2,077 | #74 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #697 of 2,108 | #72 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #1,884 of 2,188 | #135 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #397 of 1,374 | #36 of 124 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
560
+72 (+15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,038
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 560 | 36.1 | 15.5:1 | 27% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 30% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 33% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 25% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 29% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 23% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 42% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 1,038 | 52 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TINKER K-8 SCHOOL.
About TINKER K-8 SCHOOL
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL is a public elementary school in TAMPA, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 560 students.
HILLSBOROUGH operates 300 schools. Combined enrollment is 221,318 students.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at TINKER K-8 SCHOOL. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 11% multiracial. By the diversity index, TINKER K-8 SCHOOL comes in at 63%.
Teacher staffing is 36.1 full-time equivalents, or about 15.5 students per teacher. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 27%. On average, public schools in Hillsborough County report 43%.
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at TINKER K-8 SCHOOL are 4.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (72.0% actual, 67.7% predicted).
Hillsborough County has about 1,522,748 residents, and median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, with a combined enrollment of about 223,193.
Of nearby public schools, CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 2.9 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, TINKER K-8 SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put TINKER K-8 SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was 488 in 2020-21 and 560 in 2024-25, a gain of 72 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.2:1).
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Quick facts
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Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 325
- ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,438
- BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 408
- WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 259
- LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 282
- MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL3.5 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About TINKER K-8 SCHOOLHow many students attend TINKER K-8 SCHOOL?
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does TINKER K-8 SCHOOL serve?
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at TINKER K-8 SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at TINKER K-8 SCHOOL.
How diverse is TINKER K-8 SCHOOL?
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL reports a student body of 55% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is TINKER K-8 SCHOOL public or private?
TINKER K-8 SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.