Schools · Tampa
Tampa, FL schools
Tampa’s public schools score below Florida’s averages: 50% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 48 schools through grade 8, then one of 20 middle schools and one of 8 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Tampa’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Tampa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresCGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 41%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (467)Better than 30%
High confidence. Built on 118,307 tested students and a graduating class of 15,509; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Tampa kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Hillsborough County)50%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Hillsborough County)47%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
15,509
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #212 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving Tampa
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Tampa is home to 6 colleges
University of South FloridaUniversity or college · Public · Tampa40,892on campusHillsborough Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Tampa11,704on campusThe University of TampaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tampa11,018on campusSouth University-TampaUniversity or college · For-profit · Tampa379on campus
All 6 colleges in Tampa →Every school
All 138 schools in Tampa
Showing 1–30 of 138 schools
Kenneth E. Adum PK-8 Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,007 students
PublicDr. Carter G Woodson K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 990 students
DPublicPizzo K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 968 students
DPublicRoland Park K-8 Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 933 students
APublicTrinity School for ChildrenElementary · Grades K–8 · 910 students
A-CharterClark Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 858 students
APublicOak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 832 students
C+PublicHunter's Green Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 788 students
APublicChiles Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 787 students
A+PublicRampello K-8 Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 782 students
B+PublicForest Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 731 students
C-PublicMitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 698 students
A+PublicShaw Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 682 students
DPublicTampa Palms Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 682 students
A-PublicSulphur Springs K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 678 students
DPublicMabry Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 628 students
A+PublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 614 students
A+PublicTampa Bay Boulevard Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 591 students
B-PublicMendenhall Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 587 students
B-PublicAlexander Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 579 students
B+PublicTinker K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 560 students
APublicGrady Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 548 students
A+PublicWitter Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students
C-PublicGorrie Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 498 students
A+PublicHeritage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 482 students
A-PublicPotter Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 467 students
DPublicFoster Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 428 students
DPublicBallast Point Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 408 students
APublicSheehy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 396 students
DPublicJames Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 388 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.