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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153003913
ACADEMY AT THE FARM
9500 ALEX LANGE WAY, DADE CITY, FL 33525 · (352) 588-9737 · Pasco County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
110 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
82.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 82.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACADEMY AT THE FARM
ACADEMY AT THE FARM's state test result (78.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY AT THE FARM this school | 761 | 14.5% | 78.6% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY SABL INC PANAMA CITY | 711 | 15.3% | 88.5% |
| MARSH POINTE ELEMENTARY PALM BEACH GARDENS | 820 | 13.8% | 85.8% |
| PONTE VEDRA PALM VALLEY- RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PONTE VEDRA BEACH | 940 | 13.0% | 89.4% |
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 858 | 17.2% | 80.8% |
| INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDIALANTIC | 662 | 19.9% | 82.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACADEMY AT THE FARM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #210 of 2,136 | #2 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #216 of 2,149 ▼ 56 | #4 of 60 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #270 of 2,149 ▼ 31 | #7 of 60 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #556 of 2,267 | #17 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #870 of 2,077 | #29 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #1,723 of 2,108 | #59 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #2,073 of 2,188 | #56 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.0% | #104 of 621 | #5 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
761
+136 (+22%) vs 2020
+101% since 2010-11, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 761 | 49.4 | 15.4:1 | 14% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 48.4 | 15.0:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 45.9 | 14.2:1 | 23% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 21% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 58 | 9.9:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 21% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY AT THE FARM.
About ACADEMY AT THE FARM
ACADEMY AT THE FARM is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in DADE CITY, Florida. It enrolled 761 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 26% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
PASCO has a total of 105 schools and 86,873 students, ACADEMY AT THE FARM among them.
At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at ACADEMY AT THE FARM combined. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. ACADEMY AT THE FARM has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at ACADEMY AT THE FARM is 14%. The 37% average for public schools in Pasco County is 23 points higher.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, ACADEMY AT THE FARM receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
ACADEMY AT THE FARM sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.6% and a predicted 73.9%.
Among Pasco County residents, median household income is about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 111 public schools in Pasco County, with a combined enrollment of about 86,873.
KIRKLAND RANCH K-8 is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. ACADEMY AT THE FARM is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 56.8% proficiency; ACADEMY AT THE FARM posts 78.6%.
NCES assigns ACADEMY AT THE FARM the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment was 625 in 2020-21 and 761 in 2024-25, a rise of 136 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in DADE CITY
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,523 students
- PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 688 students
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
- PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 639 students
Nearby schools
- KIRKLAND RANCH K-81.2 mi · 1,145
- KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION1.3 mi · 1,008
- INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.4 mi · 1,274
- WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 859
- EAST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY3.7 mi · 80
- SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY AT THE FARMWhat is the total enrollment at ACADEMY AT THE FARM?
ACADEMY AT THE FARM enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-08.
Is ACADEMY AT THE FARM an elementary, middle, or high school?
ACADEMY AT THE FARM is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does ACADEMY AT THE FARM have?
ACADEMY AT THE FARM employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at ACADEMY AT THE FARM?
Student demographics at ACADEMY AT THE FARM are roughly 78% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is ACADEMY AT THE FARM in?
ACADEMY AT THE FARM is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.