WALTON ACADEMY

WALTON ACADEMY is an one-room-style elementary-level community in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH. The school serves 157 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 74% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

WALTON ACADEMY is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that hosts 221,318 students overall.

On demographics, WALTON ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which WALTON ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALTON ACADEMY.

The school occupies an urban site. WALTON ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALTON ACADEMY has edged down 25%, going from 210 students in 2018 to 157 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 93% to 89%.

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