📍 5413 Durant Rd, Dover, Hillsborough County, 33527
Nelson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dover, Hillsborough County. The school has 719 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Pepe. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths.
Nelson Elementary School enrolls 719 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 284 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 260 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 28 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
390 of the school's 719 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 352 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Nelson Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 57.
Nelson Elementary 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 719 students, Nelson Elementary School is close to the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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