Enrollment
106
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081008892
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10444 TILLERY RD, SPRING HILL, FL 34608 · (352) 688-5092 · Hernando County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL106 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
17.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
38 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 29 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 42% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 68.7% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 106 | 35.8% | 63.4% |
| FREEPORT LEARNING CENTER FREEPORT | 114 | 39.5% | N/A |
| BAY SCHOOL SANTA ROSA | 130 | 33.8% | N/A |
| AVANT GARDE ACADEMY FOUNDATION K8 HOLLYWOOD | 90 | 35.6% | N/A |
| TREASURE VILLAGE MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL ISLAMORADA | 179 | 30.2% | 74.5% |
| ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ALACHUA | 108 | 42.6% | 84.5% |
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 GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #711 of 2,136 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,237 of 2,149 ▼ 650 | #5 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #746 of 2,149 ▼ 140 | #3 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 106 | #2,200 of 2,267 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #1,685 of 2,188 | #13 of 14 |
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
106
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 106 | 6 | 17.7:1 | 36% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 112 | 4 | 28.0:1 | 42% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 110 | 3 | 36.7:1 | 30% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 114 | 7 | 16.3:1 | 52% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in SPRING HILL, Florida. The school's enrollment of 106 students covers kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
HERNANDO operates 29 schools. Combined enrollment is 23,734 students.
A majority of students at GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 59%, are White. Next come 32% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 76% White. The chance that two students picked at random at GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 36%. The 53% average for public schools in Hernando County is 17 points higher.
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% 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 63.2%. GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 63.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hernando County, median household income is about $66,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 31 public schools operate in Hernando County, serving about 23,734 students.
EXPLORER K-8 is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Charter status: GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 114 students to 106. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 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
- EXPLORER K-80.4 mi · 1,544
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,853
- FOX CHAPEL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 815
- GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY1.9 mi · 217
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 920
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS2.3 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 106 students in grades KG-06.
Is GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HERNANDO.
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