Tinker K-8, 8207 Tinker St.: pre-K to grade 8, 480 students in 2026-27, an A 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.

Tinker K-8 is the Hillsborough County Public Schools K-8 school for pre-K to grade 8 at 8207 Tinker St.. The campus is inside MacDill Air Force Base, at the southern tip of the Interbay Peninsula.

The school is on MacDill Air Force Base and is named for Gen. Clarence L. Tinker; it opened under the U.S. Department of Defense and has been part of the county district since 1952, according to the school’s history page.

Who to call
Address 8207 Tinker St., MacDill Air Force Base, FL 33621
Phone 813-840-2043
Grades Pre-K to grade 8
District Hillsborough County Public Schools
State school number 29-4381

Principal

Principal Cassandra Smallen, according to the school’s About page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 480 students, including 35 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 738 students, so it is 65% full by the district’s measure.
  • Federal count: 560 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 36 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 high and combination schools at 65% or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (74% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

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

  • Third-grade English language arts: 80%
  • English language arts: 75%
  • Math: 74%
  • Science: 66%
  • Social studies: 89%

It lists 30.8% 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 middle school zone map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Of Tampa’s 212,263 address points in the City of Tampa’s address layer, 847 (0.4%) fall inside Tinker K-8’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):

  • Grades 6 to 8: Tinker K-8’s middle-grades zone matches its elementary zone.
  • High school: the whole zone is zoned for Robinson High.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 8 a.m. to 2:45 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 Tinker K-8 serve?

Pre-K to grade 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools K-8 school at 8207 Tinker St. in MacDill Air Force Base.

What is Tinker K-8’s school grade?

Tinker K-8 earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 74% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Which high school does Tinker K-8 feed into?

Its whole attendance zone is zoned for Robinson High, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.

What time does Tinker K-8 start?

Classes run 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.