The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Math. The lowest is 73% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Pride Elementary School
Pride Elementary sits in the New Tampa area, at the northeastern edge of Tampa's urban footprint, a part of the city that reads more like a planned suburban community than the older, denser neighborhoods closer to downtown. The surrounding zip code carries home values meaningfully above Florida's statewide median, with rents also running well above the state norm. Year-over-year values in this area have softened slightly, consistent with a broader cooling trend across the Tampa market. For a family weighing whether to buy into the school's zone, the housing picture is upper-middle, with the cost-to-income strain that comes with it.
The school's academic results, as reported on Florida's FAST assessments for the most recent school year, are a clear strength. Third-grade math and reading proficiency land in the high eighties and mid-eighties respectively, which is strong by any elementary school standard. Fourth-grade results are close behind. Fifth grade shows some moderation in both math and ELA, settling in the mid-to-upper seventies, and the fifth-grade science score sits in the low seventies. None of these figures are soft; the fifth-grade dip is worth noting mainly because it is the only place the school's numbers step down from the otherwise elevated pattern across the earlier grades. A parent who wants to understand that trajectory in more detail would do well to ask the school directly.
The student body is unusually diverse for a Florida elementary school. Asian students make up the largest single group, representing close to half of enrollment, with white, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students making up most of the rest. No single traditional majority group dominates. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is relatively modest, well below what you typically see at Title I schools across the district. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs were not available in what we received. The school runs preK through fifth grade and is a regular public school in the Hillsborough County district; it holds no charter or magnet designation.
Total enrollment puts Pride in the range of a fully subscribed neighborhood elementary, with strong enrollment across the tested grades. The comparison framework available here covers only Hillsborough County as a single district unit, which means a direct school-to-school comparison within the county was not possible from the data provided. What can be said is that Pride's proficiency figures sit well above what Florida reports as typical statewide.
Two district-level developments are worth flagging. Hillsborough County voters approved a property tax increase in late 2024, publicly reported to take effect in the summer of 2025 and run through 2029, specifically to raise teacher and staff pay. For homeowners in the school's zone, that is a real, ongoing cost. Separately, the district carried out a significant boundary rezoning for the 2024-2025 school year that affected a large number of schools and reassigned many students. Families considering Pride should confirm with the district that their address remains in the current attendance zone, since those shifts sometimes leave residual uncertainty for a year or two afterward.
Tampa as a city is an active development environment, with major mixed-use projects reshaping the downtown core and adjacent neighborhoods, though New Tampa itself sits well removed from that construction activity. The broader metro has been growing, though recent labor data showed some year-over-year softening in payroll employment. The city's major employment anchors in healthcare, defense, higher education, and financial services give the region economic diversification that tends to support stable school enrollment in higher-income suburban zones like this one.
Program details for Pride were not included in what we received, so we cannot speak to enrichment, gifted services, specials offerings, or any particular instructional philosophy the school may emphasize. That would be a reasonable first question for a school visit.
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