YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in BRANDON, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, works with 548 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 21% Black, 21% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 24%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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