WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, hosting 530 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 42% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.0%; actual is 27.6%, a gap of -15.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WITTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 3%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 49% to 42%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.