COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, one of the schools within PASCO. It works with 526 students across grades pre-K through 5.

COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 105 schools operated by PASCO, a district that enrolls 86,873 students overall.

On the student-mix side, COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pasco County) records that the typical household earns roughly $70,492 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 677 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 54%.

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