The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in Math. The lowest is 28% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School sits on East Hamilton Avenue in Tampa, in a part of the city that reflects the residential character of neighborhoods like Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights rather than the downtown commercial core a few miles to the south. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade and is a regular Hillsborough County public school, not a charter or magnet program.
The student body is small for its grade span. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a community with real economic pressure. The racial and ethnic composition 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 what was provided.
Florida's FAST assessment results for third through fifth grades, and the fifth-grade Statewide Science Assessment, are reported. In reading, fewer than half of students in each tested grade scored at proficient or above, with fourth grade running the lowest. Math results are a little stronger at third and fourth grade, where roughly half to slightly more than half of students reached proficiency, but fifth-grade math proficiency drops to well below half. Science at fifth grade is lower still, with roughly a quarter of students reaching proficiency. These are not strong academic outcomes by Florida standards, and a parent considering this school would reasonably want to ask the school directly about reading intervention supports, math progression, and what science instruction looks like for upper elementary grades. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether results are improving, declining, or holding steady.
No comparison within Hillsborough County's district set was possible because only one district operates in the county for comparison purposes, so relative positioning against peer schools is not available here.
On the district side, two developments are worth knowing. Hillsborough voters approved a property tax referendum in late 2024 that takes effect starting in 2025 and runs through 2029, publicly reported as generating meaningful annual revenue directed at teacher and staff pay increases. For homeowners, it represents an incremental but real annual cost increase. The district also completed a major boundary rezoning for the 2024-2025 school year, publicly reported as affecting a substantial number of schools and students across the county. Families should confirm their current attendance zone assignment directly with the district, since those boundaries shifted recently.
The Tampa housing market around this zip code sits below the Florida state benchmark for home values, and values have edged down modestly year over year. Rents in the area are relatively flat on a year-over-year basis. The broader Tampa growth story, centered on Water Street and the Gasworx development near downtown, is concentrated several miles south and east of this neighborhood, though the overall metro continues to add population.
Program data for Cleveland Elementary was not provided, so nothing can be said about enrichment, arts, or after-school offerings. Families would want to ask the school directly about those. What the data does show is a small elementary school serving a high-poverty, majority-minority community, with test results that fall below state midpoints across reading, math, and science. That context matters for understanding what academic supports a family would need to ask about before enrolling.
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