DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a heavily attended 6-8 campus, overseen by PASCO. It educates 1,496 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% larger than the state mean of about 794.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Pasco County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pasco County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 77.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pasco County put median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

The closest other public school is WIREGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 1,536 students in 2018 compared to 1,496 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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