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Schools in the Tampa Bay Area

Great Schools in Florida

Schools in Florida are graded according to how well students have mastered the Sunshine State Standards. These standards are the skills Florida teachers determined our children must learn at each grade level and are measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) each school year. Schools earn points based on student achievement and are assigned a grade at the completion of each school year. See our Tampa Bay School Information page for more information on schools. Excellent schools have had a positive impact on the Tampa Bay Florida lifestyle.

Pinellas County is situated in the middle of Florida's west coast and is home to more than 150,000 pre-kindergarten through adult public school students. Ranked first in the state, Pinellas County Schools have a lot to offer in terms of quality education experiences. Pinellas Schools no longer participate in the School Choice Plan.  Recent changes allow students to attend a neighborhood school or apply for a magnet, fundamental, or other school outside their zoned boundaries.  Certain restrictions and deadlines apply, so be sure to check with the school board at 727-586-1818.

The School District of Hillsborough County was ranked as one of "the most outstanding school districts in the United States in the 14th annual Expansion Management Magazine report card of the nation’s best public schools. Scoring in the top one-third of the 2,800 districts studied, the School District received a second time designation, and received the top score of all Florida's largest districts. The district’s music programs were ranked among the 100 best in the nation for the fourth time in 2005 by the American Music Conference. Enrollment in Magnet programs, charter schools, and special programs is available, call for more details at 813-272-4000.

Attendance at Pasco County Schools are determined by street address but transfers are allowed for various reasons. Pasco County Schools have been recognized as significant examples of schools that meet and exceed the State's new higher standards for quality. In fact, twelve schools received the Commissioners of Education's Five Star School Award. This is the highest award available to exemplary school in the State of Florida. There are several charter schools in Pasco County, get more info at 727-848-6590.
 


Pinellas County Grade A Schools ~ 2007

Elementary Schools

Academie Da Vinci Anona Azalea
Bauder Bay Point Bay Vista Fundamental
Belcher Blanton Brooker Creek
Cross Bayou Curlew Creek Curtis Fundamental
Cypress Woods Fairmount Park Forest Lakes
Garrison-Jones Highlands Lakes John A. Sexton
Kings Highway Lake St. George Lakeview Fundamental
Largo Central Leadman Avenue Leila Davis
Madeira Beach Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings McMullen Booth
Mt. Vernon North Ward Oakhurst
Oldsmar Orange Grove Ozona
Palm Harbor Pasadena Fundamental Perkins
Pinellas Preparatory Academy Plumb Ponce De Leon
Ridgecrest Rio Vista Safety Harbor
San Jose Sandy Lane Seminole
Shores Acres Skycrest Skyview
Southern Oak Starkey Sunset Hills
Sutherland Tarpon Springs Tarpon Springs Fundamental
Tyrone

Middle Schools

Bay Point Coachman Fundamental Fitzgerald
Joseph Carwise Madeira Beach Oak Grove
Osceola Palm Harbor Pinellas Preparatory
Safety Harbor Seminole Southside Fundamental

High Schools

East Lake Seminole St. Pete Collegiate

Hillsborough County Grade A Schools ~ 2007

Elementary Schools

Heritage Hunters Green Kingswood
Knights Lake Magdalene Learning Gate Community
Lewis Limona Lincoln Magnet
Lithia Springs Lomax Magnet Lowry
Lutz Mabry MacFarlane Park Magnet
Maniscalco McKitrick Mintz
Mitchell Muller Nelson
Northwest Oak Grove Pinecrest
Pride Riverview Robinson
Roosevelt Schmidt Scwarzkopf
Seffner Seminole Springhead
Summerfield Symmes Tampa Palms
Tinker Towns & Country Trinity for Children
Turner Twin Lakes Valrico
Walden Lake Walton Academy Westchase
Wimauma Woolbridge Yates

Middle Schools

Giunta Hill Learning Gate
Liberty Mann Martinez
Mulrennan Randall Stewart
Terrace Community Charter Tomlin Trinity Upper
Turkey Creek Walker Williams Magnet
Wilson

High Schools

Plant Riverview Tampa Bay Tech

Pasco County Grade A Schools ~ 2007

Elementary Schools

Academy At The Farm Anclote Centennial
Cotee River Countryside Montessori Academy Cypress
Dayspring Academy Deer Park Denham Oaks
Lacoochee Lake Myrle Longleaf
Mittye P. Locke Moon Lake Northwest
Oakstead Pasco Pine View
San Antonio Sand Pine Sanders Memorial
Seven Oaks Seven Springs Shady Hills
Trinity Trinity Oaks Wesley Chapel
Woodland

Middle Schools

Academy At The Farm Bayonet Point Centennial
Day Spring Academy Dr. John Long Pine View
River Ridge Seven Springs Thomas E. Weightman

High Schools

Land O Lakes

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