📍 12902 e Us Highway 92, Dover, Hillsborough County, 33527
Independence Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dover, Hillsborough County. The school has 914 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Independence Academy enrolls 914 students across grades K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 576 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
364 of the school's 914 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 326 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Independence Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 58.
Independence Academy 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 914 students, Independence Academy is larger than 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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