CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary campus in ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida, CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 676 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under PASCO.

PASCO runs 105 schools in total, collectively educating 86,873 students. CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Pasco County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.9%; actual is 27.9%, a gap of -22.9 points.

In the broader community, Pasco County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 14%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 676 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.