Best Schools in Hillsborough County around Tampa and Tampa Bay

If you are relocating to the Tampa area and you have school-age children, schools are a big determining factor. This is a list of the top-rated schools in Hillsborough County, which completely surrounds the city of Tampa Florida. For listings and real estate in any one of these school zones please don't hesitate to contact us.

Top-Rated Schools in Hillsborough County

(*Our Top Picks for the Best in the Area) - Hillsborough County Public School District

Best public high schools

NORTH

• Steinbrenner High (Lutz)
• Sickles High (Odessa/Tampa/Westchase)

SOUTH

• *Plant High (South Tampa)
• Robinson (South Tampa)

CENTRAL

• Brooks Debartolo Collegiate High School (Tampa – charter)

EAST

• Newsome High (Lithia)
• Strawberry Crest (Dover)

Best public middle schools

NORTH

• *Farnell (Tampa/Westchase)
• Martinez (Lutz/Odessa)
• Benito (New Tampa)
• Walker (Odessa - magnet)
• Lutz Prep (Lutz – charter)

SOUTH

Coleman (Tampa)

EAST

• Barrington (Lithia)
• Burns (Brandon) 
• Mulrennan (Valrico)
• Randall (Lithia)

Best public elementary schools

NORTH

• Clark (New Tampa)
• Tampa Palms (New Tampa)
• Westchase (Tampa/Westchase)
• Hammond (Odessa)
• McKitrick (Lutz/Odessa)
• Schwarzkopf (Lutz)

SOUTH

• Gorrie (South Tampa)
• Grady (South Tampa)
• Ballast Point (South Tampa)

CENTRAL

• Macfarlane Park IB (Tampa - magnet)
• Alexander (Tampa)
• Anderson (Tampa)
• Temple Terrace (Tampa)
• Mabry (Tampa)
• Northwest (Tampa)
• Chiles (Tampa)
• Bryant Elementary (Tampa/Westchase)
• Deer Park (Tampa/Westchase)

EAST

• *Fishhawk Creek (Lithia)
• Stowers (Lithia)
• Alafia (Valrico)
• Bevis (Lithia)
• Cimino (Valrico)
• Valrico (Valrico)

Best private schools

• *Carrollwood Day School (Tampa/Carrollwood)
• Jesuit (Tampa)
• Cambridge Christian (Tampa)
• Berkeley Prep (Tampa)
• Corbett Prep (Tampa)

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