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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153002787
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14710 SHADY HILLS RD, SPRING HILL, FL 34610 · (813) 794-5800 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
359 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
51%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
45.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 45.9% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 43.4% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 568 | 63.2% | 45.9% |
| LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYO | 546 | 65.6% | 65.5% |
| MOON LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 567 | 61.2% | 40.5% |
| FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WHITE | 644 | 63.0% | 46.7% |
| BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONSON | 586 | 66.4% | 48.9% |
| SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 526 | 60.8% | 58.8% |
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 DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,530 of 2,136 | #38 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,467 of 2,149 ▲ 229 | #34 of 60 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,501 of 2,149 ▼ 149 | #39 of 60 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,154 of 2,267 | #36 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,065 of 2,077 | #40 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #1,311 of 2,108 | #50 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #781 of 2,188 | #19 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #526 of 1,374 | #8 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
568
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 568 | 35.8 | 15.9:1 | 63% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 69% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 76% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 68% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 80% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 79% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 58 | 10.9:1 | 71% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 74% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in SPRING HILL, Florida, are served by DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 568 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
PASCO has 105 schools and 86,873 students, and DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 66% White. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 63%. The 37% average for public schools in Pasco County is 26 points lower.
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.5%. DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.9%.
Pasco County census figures show that median household income is about $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 111 public schools in Pasco County.
Of nearby public schools, CREWS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The school's 45.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 560 in 2020-21 and 568 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 SPRING HILL
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLCombined · 1,154 students
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
Nearby schools
- CREWS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.0.3 mi · 709
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,154
- SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 444
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 967
- MOON LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 567
- PASCO COUNTY CORRECTION DEPARTMENT5.9 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
Is DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.