Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004152
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1407 ESTELLE ST, TAMPA, FL 33605 · (813) 233-3720 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
217 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
22.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
33.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.1% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 42.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 276 | 78.6% | 29.0% |
| GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUINCY | 264 | 78.8% | 45.3% |
| CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 308 | 78.6% | 41.9% |
| BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 269 | 78.4% | 47.9% |
| PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PAHOKEE | 328 | 84.1% | 52.4% |
| KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 404 | 78.5% | 39.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,090 of 2,136 | #158 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #2,060 of 2,149 ▼ 323 | #156 of 176 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #2,137 of 2,149 ▼ 64 | #173 of 176 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #2,021 of 2,267 | #163 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #25 of 2,077 | #1 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #1,092 of 2,108 | #111 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #181 of 2,188 | #14 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #70 of 1,374 | #8 of 124 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
-84 (-23%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 276 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 79% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 78% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 29 | 10.9:1 | 78% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 98% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 50 | 9.1:1 | 96% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 54 | 10.1:1 | 98% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 48 | 10.2:1 | 98% (482) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in TAMPA, Florida. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 276 students. The school is 54% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH has a total of 300 schools and 221,318 students, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
More than half of enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 56%. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 16% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 56%.
With 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.5:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 79% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 12.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 29.0% actual, 41.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Hillsborough County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Hillsborough County number 320, with about 223,193 students.
About 0.4 miles separate WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, ESE BIRTH THRU AGE 5. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 23% decline, from 360 to 276.
The discussion board for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
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- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
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- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
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- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 107th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 720 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
Nearby schools
- ESE BIRTH THRU AGE 50.4 mi · 52
- CHANNELSIDE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE0.5 mi · 293
- PRE-K ESE COMMUNITY PEEPS0.7 mi · 105
- RAMPELLO K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL0.7 mi · 782
- TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY MAGNET0.7 mi · 234
- PATRICIA SULLIVAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES PARTNERSHIP SCHOO0.8 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 276 students in grades PK-05.
Is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 36% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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