The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in Math. The lowest is 21% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Graham Elementary School
Graham Elementary School sits on North Massachusetts Avenue in Tampa, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Hillsborough County district. It is a small school by any elementary measure, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across its grade levels. The student body is predominantly Black, with Hispanic students making up the next largest share and smaller numbers of white and multiracial students. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this among the more economically concentrated schools in the district's urban core. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs were not available in what was provided.
State testing results from Florida's FAST assessments and the Statewide Science Assessment, covering grades three through five in the most recent school year, show proficiency rates that are low across subjects. In ELA, rates across the tested grades run from the mid-twenties into the low-to-mid thirties. Math results are similarly modest, with grade four showing the strongest performance of the tested grades and grades three and five sitting in roughly the same range as ELA. Fifth-grade science proficiency was the weakest result reported, falling below the math and ELA figures. These are the numbers as reported by the state; they tell a parent that most students are not yet reaching the proficiency bar Florida sets, and it would be worth asking the school directly about its current supports, interventions, and how it tracks individual student progress. No multi-year trend data was available, so there is no way from this data alone to assess whether results have been moving in either direction.
The school has no graduation rate, which is expected given that it serves only elementary grades. No program offerings were reported in the data provided. The neighbor comparison framework could not produce a meaningful position for this school against others in Hillsborough County because the comparison set had only one district, so no relative standing is offered here.
The housing market around the school's zip code in Tampa is well above both the Florida and national medians, with home values that have softened modestly year over year. Rents in the area are high enough that rent-to-income ratios are stretched relative to typical benchmarks. Families looking to live near this school are entering one of Tampa's more expensive submarkets, even with recent cooling.
Tampa itself is a city with distinct neighborhood textures. The school's address in the 33602 zip code places it close to downtown Tampa, an area shaped by the Hillsborough River, the Riverwalk, the Straz Center, and the ongoing Water Street Tampa development that has added offices, residences, and retail to the city's core. The area is publicly reported as one of the more walkable parts of the city, with transit access through HART's bus network and the free TECO Line Streetcar connecting downtown, the Channel District, and Ybor City. For a family with young children, this means cultural venues, parks like Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, and the city's main library branch are within the neighborhood.
Two district-level developments are worth knowing. Hillsborough County voters approved a one-mill property tax referendum in late 2024 that takes effect in the summer of 2025 and runs through 2029, directing funds toward teacher and support staff compensation. Homeowners in the area will see this reflected in their tax bills, and the intent is to address teacher shortages through pay increases. Separately, the district carried out a significant rezoning for the 2024-2025 school year that redrew boundaries for a large number of schools and moved a substantial share of students to different assignments. Families should verify current boundary assignments directly with the district, since the rezoning means past assumptions about school assignments may no longer hold.
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