📍 8207 Tinker St Macdill Afb, Tampa, Hillsborough County, 33621
Tinker K-8 School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tampa, Hillsborough County. The school has 603 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 74% are proficient in maths.
Tinker K-8 School enrolls 603 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 341 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
162 of the school's 603 students (27%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 61 qualify for free lunch and 101 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tinker K-8 School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 60.
Tinker K-8 School is one of 309 schools in HILLSBOROUGH, based in TAMPA, Florida. The district serves 220,360 students district-wide and employs 12,405 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 603 students, Tinker K-8 School is smaller than the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large