Top 25 Elementary Schools in the Tampa Area

One major factor influencing the home purchase decisions of buyers with young children is the presence of good elementary schools in the community.   Many of these buyers start their home search by exploring elementary schools  first before looking at homes.

Here are the top 25 elementary schools in Hillsborough County, where the city of Tampa is located, based on school grade points achieved for the 2010-2011 school year. School grade points are based on scores in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).  The FCAT is administered to school children in grades 3 to 11 to test their abilities in reading, writing, mathematics and science and to measure their progress toward meeting the educational benchmarks of the state of Florida.

 
The top school, Bevis, is located in Lithia; the second, Westchase, is in the place it was named after; and the third, Roosevelt, is located in South Tampa. All the 25 schools above got a grade of A in 2010 and 2011.

Based on the top 25 list above, the communities with the most number of top-ranking elementary schools are South Tampa, New Tampa, Westchase, Valrico, Lutz and Lithia.