The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Math. The lowest is 73% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cypress Woods Elementary School
Cypress Woods Elementary sits on Cypress Woods Boulevard in the East Lake section of Palm Harbor, in northern Pinellas County. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Pinellas County Schools district, and its enrollment makes it a comfortably sized elementary for its grade band.
The school's academic results, drawn from Florida's FAST assessments for the most recent school year, are genuinely strong. Math proficiency runs high across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with third and fourth graders performing especially well and fifth grade remaining solid. ELA results follow a similar pattern: third grade is the strongest, with fourth and fifth showing progressively lower rates, though all three grades remain meaningfully above the midpoint of what you'd expect statewide. Fifth-grade science, tested once in elementary school, also falls in a range that compares favorably with the broader state. Across the board, Cypress Woods is producing academic results that place it well above the typical Florida elementary school. Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were not available in the provided data, so parents with specific questions about school climate would want to follow up directly with the school.
A couple of broader district developments bear directly on what happens in classrooms here. Pinellas County Schools developed a custom core ELA curriculum aligned to Florida's B.E.S.T. standards, built around a science-of-reading approach introduced in the early grades and extended through a word-study component in grades three through five. This is publicly reported to have coincided with the district earning its first-ever top state grade in 2024. That context matters at Cypress Woods because the ELA proficiency pattern the school shows, with the third-grade reading numbers running meaningfully above the state average, reflects an early-literacy investment that appears to be producing results. In November 2024, voters renewed and expanded the district's local-option property tax. The funds support teacher and staff bonuses and programs in reading, music, art, and technology. For families buying into the area, this is a cost built into homeownership, but it also represents a recurring commitment to staffing stability and enrichment programs at schools like this one.
The student body at Cypress Woods is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up roughly one in eight, and smaller shares of Asian, multiracial, and Black students. Fewer than a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school toward the lower-need end of the economic spectrum. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs were not available in the provided information.
The housing market around the school reflects a built-out, desirable suburban corridor. Home values in the zip code sit noticeably above both the Florida state benchmark and the national benchmark, and they have softened modestly over the past year. Rents have moved in a similar direction. The price-to-income ratio and estimated monthly mortgage are worth a careful look for buyers coming from lower-cost markets. Palm Harbor broadly is car-dependent outside its compact historic downtown, and the East Lake neighborhoods where Cypress Woods sits, including master-planned communities like Ridgemoor, Tarpon Woods, and Lansbrook, are classic suburban residential subdivisions adjacent to natural preserves. Day-to-day errands require a car, though the Pinellas Trail and parks like John Chesnut Sr. Park and Wall Springs Park give families outdoor access close by.
New construction in this part of Palm Harbor is limited because the area is largely built out, so most buyers are purchasing existing homes in established neighborhoods. The community's infrastructure, including a public library sustained by a special district the residents voted to fund themselves, speaks to a civic orientation that has persisted for decades.
Graduation rates and AP or dual-enrollment course access do not apply here, as Cypress Woods serves only prekindergarten through fifth grade. Program-specific offerings beyond what the district's curriculum framework provides were not available in the data.
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