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DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school in SPRING HILL, Florida, DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 568 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by PASCO.
Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Pasco County's rate of about 37%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -3.6 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate 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. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: CREWS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL., around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.4%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 703 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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