TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL

TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL is one of the substantial elementary schools in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, with 1,317 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 118% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 28%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 27% White, 26% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hillsborough County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 1,934 (now 1,317). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 18% to 26%.

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