📍 2020 e Shell Point Rd, Ruskin, Hillsborough County, 33570
Thompson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ruskin, Hillsborough County. The school has 744 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths.
Thompson Elementary enrolls 744 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Black or African American and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 375 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 219 | 29% |
| White | 114 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
515 of the school's 744 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 492 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thompson Elementary 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 19, state house district 70.
Thompson Elementary 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 744 students, Thompson Elementary 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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