WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an intimate K-5 school in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 276 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 36% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 29.0%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ESE BIRTH THRU AGE 5, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 39%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 68% to 56%. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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