GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a rural-scale elementary-level community in SPRING HILL, Florida, overseen by HERNANDO, serves 106 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within HERNANDO, which oversees 29 schools and 23,734 students, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hernando County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hernando County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,058 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in Hernando County (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students).

The closest other public school is EXPLORER K-8, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location. GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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