GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL vs NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Grady Elementary School holds a 9.3/10 overall rating against Northwest Elementary School's 8.9/10 — a 0.4-point gap that translates into a meaningful difference in state standing. Grady Elementary School ranks #30 of 3,777 Florida schools, while Northwest Elementary School ranks #122 of 3,777, placing both schools in the top 4% statewide but with Grady sitting nearly 100 spots higher in a field of nearly 3,800 schools. Both are legitimate high performers by any Florida benchmark; the question for Tampa families is which edge matters most.

Academically, the two schools run close: Grady Elementary School scores 9.7/10 versus Northwest Elementary School's 9.6/10 — a one-tenth gap that is functionally negligible. The wider separation shows up in student growth, where Grady Elementary School scores 9.2/10 against Northwest Elementary School's 8.9/10. That 0.3-point growth difference suggests Grady's students are advancing slightly faster relative to their starting points, which matters most for families whose children enter below grade level or are pushing toward enrichment ceilings.

The demographic picture diverges more sharply. Northwest Elementary School enrolls 693 students compared to Grady Elementary School's 557, giving Grady a noticeably smaller campus feel. Grady's student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1 also undercuts Northwest's 15.4:1, meaning on average one more adult per roughly every 15 students. The free and reduced-price lunch rate tells another story: 18% at Grady Elementary School versus 37% at Northwest Elementary School, reflecting meaningfully different socioeconomic compositions across the two communities 12.2 miles apart in Tampa.

Both schools serve grades PK through 05, so neither holds a structural grade-span advantage for elementary families. The competition is purely about outcomes, classroom density, and community fit within the same K–5 format.