The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Science. The lowest is 46% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Bryan Elementary School
Bryan Elementary sits on West Oak Avenue in Plant City, a Hillsborough County city that anchors Florida's midwinter strawberry industry and stretches along the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Lakeland. It is a regular public elementary serving prekindergarten through fifth grade, part of the Hillsborough County School District.
The school draws a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white and Black students and very small numbers of students from other backgrounds. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places Bryan among the more economically challenged schools in its grade band. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in the records reviewed, so parents with children in either population may want to ask the school directly about support services.
State assessment results from Florida's FAST and Statewide Science assessments for the most recent tested year show proficiency rates that sit below half of students in most grades and subjects. In third grade, roughly two in five students tested proficient in both math and reading. Fourth grade math was the stronger result, with about three in five students reaching proficiency, while fourth grade reading remained near the same lower range as third grade. Fifth grade science and reading each reached about half of students proficient, while fifth grade math was the weakest result of the tested grades, with just over a third of students scoring proficient. These are not strong numbers, and a parent whose child needs additional academic challenge or who is evaluating readiness for middle school transitions may want a closer conversation with the school about how individual students are supported and how growth is tracked over time.
Trend data across years was not available in the records reviewed, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent an improvement, a decline, or a stable pattern.
Plant City itself is a place with a genuine agricultural and civic identity. Publicly reported sources describe it as a functioning distribution and farming hub with a walkable historic downtown, brick-street residential districts, and community anchors like McCall Park, which runs four blocks through the center and hosts regular food truck events and markets. South Florida Baptist Hospital is the area's largest employer, with produce operations, logistics firms, and a large-scale food distributor among other major employers. The city is on a clear growth trajectory, with new single-family subdivisions being added by multiple developers, and the city is actively updating its comprehensive plan to manage land use and infrastructure for a population expected to grow substantially in coming years.
Housing near Bryan Elementary reflects that growth context. The local zip code's typical home values sit meaningfully below both the Florida state median and the national median, and they have edged slightly lower over the past year rather than rising. Rents have also softened modestly. For families comparing this area to other parts of the Tampa metro, the relative affordability is a genuine factor, though the rent-to-income ratio still runs close to the threshold that housing analysts consider strained.
At the district level, Hillsborough County voters approved a property tax referendum in November 2024 that takes effect starting July 2025 and runs through mid-2029. Publicly reported accounts describe it adding a modest per-dollar-of-assessed-value levy designed to fund salary increases for teachers and support staff, addressing a persistent staffing challenge. Homeowners in Plant City will see this reflected in their tax bills starting in the current cycle. The district also carried out a significant boundary rezoning for the 2024-2025 school year that affected schools across the county; families should confirm their current attendance assignments directly with the district, as publicly reported coverage noted that many students countywide were reassigned under the new boundaries.
No information on program offerings at Bryan Elementary, staffing levels, attendance rates, or school-specific discipline data was available in the records reviewed.
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