GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is a middle school of tiny scale in SPRING HILL, Florida, part of HERNANDO, instructing 217 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 794.

Within HERNANDO, which oversees 29 schools and 23,734 students, GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Hernando County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hernando County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 76.5%, a residual of +8.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Hernando County shows median household income runs about $66,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is one of 31 public schools in Hernando County (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students).

The closest other public school is FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 75%: 124 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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