The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in Math. The lowest is 39% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Broward Elementary School
Broward Elementary sits on West Osborne Avenue in Tampa, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Hillsborough County district. The school is small, enrolling a modest number of students for its grade band, and draws from a community where a large majority of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with smaller shares of white and multiracial students. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the provided records.
State testing results from Florida's FAST assessments paint a mixed picture. In reading and language arts, proficiency among third graders runs in the low-to-mid range, fourth grade comes in somewhat lower, and fifth grade reaches roughly half of students tested. Math follows a similar arc: third and fourth grade results fall below the midpoint, while fifth grade shows a noticeably stronger outcome, with nearly two-thirds of students testing proficient. Science, assessed only at fifth grade through the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, shows fewer than half of students reaching proficiency. Across every tested subject and grade, the school is producing results that leave the majority of students, and in some grades the large majority, below the proficiency threshold. Parents may want to ask the school directly about instructional supports, intervention programs, and how student progress is tracked year to year. Trend data was not available in the records provided, so it is not possible to say from this data alone whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady.
No program offerings were listed in the data, so it is not clear from the available information whether Broward provides any specialized enrichment, language support, or extended learning options beyond the standard curriculum.
The surrounding neighborhood is part of Tampa's broader urban fabric. The school's address places it in the northern residential part of the city, a zone that differs from the more affluent preservation districts like Hyde Park or Palma Ceia farther south. The wider city is in an active growth phase, publicly reported to be anchored by large downtown mixed-use developments including Water Street Tampa and the emerging Gasworx district, though those transformations are concentrated in the downtown core and Channel District rather than the neighborhoods immediately around this school.
Housing near the school's zip code runs above the state median in home values, with typical home prices sitting meaningfully above the statewide benchmark, though values in this zip have softened slightly over the past year. Rents are broadly stable. The monthly cost of carrying a mortgage in this market is substantial relative to national income benchmarks, and the rent-to-income ratio sits above what affordability guidelines typically recommend. For families weighing whether to buy or rent in Tampa, the math is close, with ownership carrying only a modest premium over renting at current rates.
Two district-level changes are worth knowing. Hillsborough County voters approved a property tax referendum in November 2024, publicly reported to add roughly one mill to the tax rate through mid-2029, generating funds directed at teacher and staff pay raises. This is a real and ongoing cost for homeowners in the district. Separately, the district passed a major rezoning for the 2024-2025 school year affecting a large number of schools and tens of thousands of students. Families should confirm their current boundary assignment directly with the district, since those lines shifted meaningfully.
Because there is only one district in Hillsborough County for comparison purposes, the neighbor comparison set did not yield a useful relative position for proficiency, absenteeism, or graduation rate. Graduation rate does not apply to an elementary school, and chronic absenteeism data was not present in the records.
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