CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PORT RICHEY, Florida, CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary campus, operated by PASCO. It caters to 612 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 105 schools in PASCO (86,873 students total), CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 38% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pasco County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.4%.

CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 741 (now 612). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 57% to 41%.

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