TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN operates as a sizable K-5 school in TAMPA, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 910 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that serves 221,318 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN shows that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN higher than the state norm the norm. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.4%; this one delivers 66.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) logs that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. TRINITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 844 students in 2018 compared to 910 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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