Egypt Lake Elementary School, Tampa FL

Original Research by School Decision on Egypt Lake Elementary School

Egypt Lake Elementary sits in a residential stretch of northwest Tampa, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Hillsborough County Schools. The school draws from a neighborhood where the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black and white students making up smaller shares. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school squarely in a high-need economic context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in what was provided.

On Florida's state assessments, the picture is mixed and leans below where a parent would hope to see it. In third-grade math, proficiency lands meaningfully above half of students, which is the strongest result the data show. From there, math proficiency falls in fourth grade and again in fifth, ending well below half. Reading tells a similar story: third-grade ELA proficiency comes in below half and stays there through fifth grade, with the fifth-grade rate the lowest across either tested subject. Fifth-grade science proficiency is roughly in line with fifth-grade ELA. None of these figures approach a majority of students in the upper grades reaching the proficient threshold, and a parent should go directly to the school with questions about what supports are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations. Multi-year trend data were not available, so it is not possible from this data alone to say whether results have been improving or declining.

The comparison framework the data provides notes there is only one district in the county comparison set, so a formal peer ranking is not available. Chronic absenteeism data were not reported, and a graduation rate does not apply here because the school does not serve high school grades.

Program details were not included in what was provided, so specific enrichment, arts, or intervention programs cannot be described.

The housing market immediately around the school shows home values that have slipped slightly year over year, running modestly below the Florida state benchmark and close to the national figure. Rents have also edged down over the same period. The rent-to-income ratio in this zip code is near the threshold that housing economists consider a stretch, which reflects the broader affordability pressure that many Tampa families face. Mortgage costs relative to income sit on the higher side nationally.

For families weighing the broader Hillsborough district context, two things stand out. Voters in late 2024 approved a multi-year property tax levy, publicly reported as adding a meaningful annual cost for homeowners in exchange for teacher and support staff pay increases meant to address staffing shortages. That supplement runs through mid-2029. Separately, a major districtwide boundary rezoning took effect for the 2024-2025 school year, shifting school assignments for a large number of students across the county. Families new to the area should confirm their current zoning assignment directly with the district rather than assuming continuity.

Tampa itself surrounds this school with the full range of a large city: a downtown core growing rapidly through projects like Water Street Tampa and the Gasworx district near Ybor City, major employers in defense, healthcare, and financial services, and neighborhoods that range from historic bungalow districts to dense urban corridors. Walkability near Egypt Lake's address, away from the downtown core, is more car-dependent than the walkable neighborhoods closer to the river, which is worth knowing for families without reliable transportation.

Egypt Lake Elementary will fit families who are grounded in this northwest Tampa neighborhood and are prepared to actively engage with the school around academic progress, particularly in reading and math in the middle and upper elementary grades where the data show the most room for growth.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 58% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 59% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 54% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 53% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 53% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 53% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 50% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

This schoolHILLSBOROUGH, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income29%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income55%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income47%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income43%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income46%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income53%15 pp gap