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Enrollment
829
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153006976
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
31500 CHANCEY RD, WESLEY CHAPEL, FL 33543 · (813) 346-0400 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
180 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
67%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
61.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
64.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 56.5% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 829 | 21.7% | 58.5% |
| PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 794 | 17.4% | 83.5% |
| TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 819 | 25.8% | 81.7% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT FLAGLER CENTER JACKSONVILLE | 867 | 17.3% | 63.5% |
| GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 857 | 19.6% | 80.4% |
| BALDWIN PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 732 | 26.5% | 74.2% |
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 DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #941 of 2,136 | #26 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #887 of 2,149 ▲ 208 | #22 of 60 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #777 of 2,149 ▲ 255 | #22 of 60 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #406 of 2,267 | #14 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,214 of 2,077 | #49 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #458 of 2,108 | #20 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,979 of 2,188 | #50 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,354 of 1,374 | #27 of 27 |
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
829
+54 (+7%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 829 | 50.9 | 16.3:1 | 22% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 53.3 | 16.1:1 | 25% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 49.9 | 17.0:1 | 31% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 27% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 29% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 878 | 60 | 14.6:1 | 34% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 27% (216) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school found in WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida. It had 829 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PASCO, where 105 schools serve 86,873 students.
The largest group at DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 51%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. By comparison, Pasco County residents are about 72% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67%.
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. There are 180 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 22% of enrollment. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Pasco County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 58.5% actual against 70.3% predicted.
Pasco County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pasco County's 111 public schools enroll about 86,873 students and include DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.6 miles from DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 7% over 4 years, reaching 829 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.2:1 to 16.3:1.
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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 WESLEY CHAPEL
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
- DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,496 students
- PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPELElementary · 1,312 students
- CYPRESS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,283 students
Nearby schools
- NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 939
- PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 82
- PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL1.9 mi · 1,312
- WIREGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 957
- DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,496
- UNION PARK CHARTER ACADEMY2.1 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 829 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASCO.
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