ICYMI: Tampa Bay Area’s Top Elementary Schools Ranked

When it comes to standardized test scores, student-teacher ratios and other factors that help define quality in education, some schools simply perform better than others.

To put a spotlight on those who do public education right, the website Niche.com looks at such metrics as student diversity, teacher quality, test scores and classroom size to develop rankings of the best public elementary schools across the country and state. The website itself was founded in 2002 by students from Carnegie Mellon University to provide reviews and information about colleges, public schools, neighborhoods and more.

Its 2017 Best Public Schools in Florida rankings were recently released with a breakout report for the Tampa Bay area included. Here are the Top 25 public elementary schools from the Tampa metro area, according to Niche.com:

1. Tampa Palms Elementary, Tampa
2. MacFarlane Park Magnet School, Tampa
3. Perkins Elementary, St. Petersburg
4. Curtis Fundamental, Dunedin
5. Chiles Elementary, Tampa
6. James B. Sanderlin, St. Petersburg
7. Clark Elementary, Tampa
8. Lakeview Fundamental, St. Petersburg
9. Pride Elementary, Tampa
10. Westchase Elementary, Tampa
11. McKitrick Elementary, Lutz
12. Dayspring Academy, Port Richey
13. Bevis Elementary, Lithia
14. Bryant Elementary, Tampa
15. Countryside Montessori, Land O’ Lakes
16. Grady Elementary, Tampa
17. Pasadena Fundamental, St. Petersburg
18. Northwest Elementary, Tampa
19. Bay Vista Fundamental, St. Petersburg
20. Gorrie Elementary, Tampa
21. Douglas L. Jamerson Jr., St. Petersburg
22. Schwarzkopf Elementary, Lutz
23. Mitchell Elementary, Tampa
24. Plato Academy, Largo
25. Ballast Point Elementary, Tampa

To check out the full list of 100, visit Niche online.

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