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Hillsborough County School Grades Released
The Florida Department of Education released the grades, mostly based on the Florida Standards Assessments, Friday morning.

TAMPA, FL — Parents and educators eagerly waiting to see just how the new Florida Standards Assessments, or FSAs, impacted school grades don’t have to wait any longer.
The Florida Department of Education released preliminary school and district grades for the 2014-15 school year Friday morning. Hillsborough County Schools overall received an A grade, but a number of individual schools didn’t fare so well.
Here are the schools the state gave failing grades in its 2014-15 Preliminary Baseline School Grades report:
F Schools
- Forest Hills Elementary
- Sheehy Elementary
- Kimbell Elementary
- Thompson Elementary
- Just Elementary
- Broward Elementary
- Bryan Elementary
- Desoto Elementary
- Edison Elementary
- Miles Elementary
- Oak Park Elementary
- Palm River Elementary
- Potter Elementary
- Ruskin Elementary
- Shaw Elementary
- Sulphur Springs Elementary
- Washington Elementary
- West Tampa Elementary
- Richardson Montessori Academy
- Village of Excellence Academy
- Legacy Preparatory Academy
- Community Charge School of Excellence
- Kings Kids Academy of Health Sciences
- Bridge Prep Academy of Tampa
- Village of Excellence Academy Middle
A-Graded Schools
While Hillsborough had a number of F-graded schools, many schools pulled off coveted A honors. They are:
- FishHawk Creek Elementary
- MacFarlane Park Elementary
- Turner-Bartels K-8
- Paul R. Smith Middle
- Stowers Elementary
- Barrington Middle
- Steinbrenner High
- Strawberry Crest High
- Deer Park Elementary
- Hammond Elementary
- Apollo Beach Elementary
- Alonso High
- Ballast Point Elementary
- Benito Middle
- Alafia Elementary
- Steward Middle Magnet
- Bevis Elementary
- Brooker Elementary
- Bryant Elementary
- Buckhorn Elementary
- Burns Middle
- Carrollwood Elementary
- Chiles Elementary
- Citrus Park Elementary
- Cimino Elementary
- Clark Elementary
- Claywell Elementary
- Coleman Middle
- Davidsen Middle
- Durant High
- Farnell Middle
- Gorrie Elementary
- Grady Elementary
- Limona Elementary
- Lincoln Elementary
- Lithia Springs elementary
- Liberty Middle
- Lomax Magnet Elementary
- Lowry Elementary
- Lutz Elementary
- Mabry Elementary
- Maniscalco Elementary
- Martinez Middle
- Ferrell Middle Magnet
- Mitchell Elementary
- McKitrick Elementary
- Mulrennan Middle
- Northwest Elementary
- Newsome High
- Muller Elementary Magnet
- Orange Grove Middle Magnet
- Riverview High
- Plant High
- Pride Elementary
- Progress Village Middle Magnet
- Randall Middle
- Robinson High
- Roosevelt Elementary
- Roland Park K-8 Magnet
- Schwarzkopf Elementary
- Bloomingdale High
- Sickles High
- Tampa Bay Tech High
- Rampello K-8 Magnet
- Tampa Palms Elementary
- Tinker Elementary
- Walker Middle Magnet
- Westchase Elementary
- Westshore Elementary
- Williams Middle Magnet
- Wilson Middle
- Terrace Community Middle
- Learning Gate Community School
- Horizon Charter School of Tampa
- Trinity School for Children
- Kids Community College
- Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High
- Valrico Lake Advantage Academy
- Kids’ Community College Middle Charter
- Lutz Preparatory School
- Winthrop Charter School
- Bell Creek Academy High
- Bell Creek Academy
- Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science
- Lutz Preparatory Middle
For more information about school grades and how other schools in Hillsborough fared, visit the Florida Department of Education online.
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