James Elementary, 4302 E. Ellicott St.: pre-K to grade 5, 423 students in 2026-27, a C in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Hillsborough County Public Schools’ 2026-27 school zones, 40th-day enrollment count, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

James Elementary is the Hillsborough County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 4302 E. Ellicott St., inside Tampa city limits.

The campus opened in 1966 as Williams Elementary and is now Clemmie Ross James Elementary, according to the school’s history page.

Who to call
Address 4302 E. Ellicott St., Tampa, FL 33610
Phone 813-740-4800
Grades Pre-K to grade 5
District Hillsborough County Public Schools
State school number 29-4747

Principal

Principal Angela Livingston, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 423 students, including 37 in pre-K, on the district’s 40th-day enrollment count for 2026-27, as of Oct. 5, 2026. The same sheet gives the campus a capacity of 726 students, so it is 58% full by the district’s measure.
  • Federal count: 388 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 25 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation. The file sets an A for elementary schools at 62% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 C (48% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 D

From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 30%
  • English language arts: 32%
  • Math: 28%
  • Science: 38%

It lists 100% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup, or see the district’s 2026-27 elementary school zone map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Of Tampa’s 212,263 address points in the City of Tampa’s address layer, 3,279 (1.5%) fall inside James Elementary’s 2026-27 zone. An address point can be a house, an apartment or a business.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 zone maps with 2020 Census population (shares are of the zone’s residents):

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 7:40 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., according to the school’s About page. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: fall break (Thanksgiving week)
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4 is also off, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • Friday, Feb. 12, 2027: Florida State Fair day, no school
  • Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day, no school
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break; Monday, March 29 is also off, and students return Tuesday, March 30
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day of school, a 2.5-hour early release

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does James Elementary serve?

Pre-K to grade 5. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools elementary school at 4302 E. Ellicott St. in Tampa.

What is James Elementary’s school grade?

James Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 48% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.

Which high school does James Elementary feed into?

Its zone splits between Armwood High (35%), King High (26%), Middleton High (22%) and Blake High (16%) by 2020 Census residents, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.

What time does James Elementary start?

Classes run 7:40 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.