CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL vs GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Grady Elementary School ranks #30 of 3,777 Florida elementary schools, placing it in the top 1% statewide. Citrus Park Elementary School ranks #120 of 3,777 — still a strong top-4% finish — but trails Grady by 90 spots. The overall rating gap is narrow at 0.4 points (8.9 vs. 9.3 out of 10), masking a more significant divergence in where each school's strengths lie.

Academically, the two schools are not close: Grady Elementary School scores 9.7/10 on academics against Citrus Park Elementary School's 8.1/10, a 1.6-point gap that reflects a meaningful difference in tested proficiency. Citrus Park flips the advantage on growth, scoring 9.4/10 versus Grady's 9.2/10 — a tighter margin, but it signals that Citrus Park is moving students forward at a slightly faster rate relative to expectations. A family weighing raw achievement against trajectory will find each school wins on a different axis.

Citrus Park Elementary School enrolls 507 students with a 13.7:1 student-teacher ratio; Grady Elementary School enrolls 557 students at 14.3:1, giving Citrus Park a marginally smaller classroom footprint. The starkest demographic contrast is economic: 49% of Citrus Park students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch versus 18% at Grady. This gap shapes peer composition, family engagement culture, and the range of supplemental resources each school community can mobilize.

Both schools serve grades PK–05 and sit 10.7 miles apart within Tampa. Neither school holds a grade-range or program-tier advantage over the other at the elementary level — the decision comes down to the academic-vs-growth tradeoff and the socioeconomic environment families are choosing into.