TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small primary school in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. The school works with 379 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 37.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TOWN & COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 4%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 81% to 88%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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