GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, caters to 548 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 70.8%; GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 85.5%, +14.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) logs that median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MABRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 67.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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