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Enrollment
1,518
High
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001578
GULF HIGH SCHOOL
5085 MADISON ST, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34652 · (727) 774-3300 · Pasco County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,518 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Florida public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
831 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 400 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 386 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 372 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 360 | 24% |
Student demographics
65%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
41.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 26.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HIGH SCHOOL
GULF HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GULF HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,518 | 54.7% | 36.5% |
| CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 1,720 | 55.5% | 48.5% |
| ANCLOTE HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 1,150 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| SEBASTIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 1,777 | 52.8% | 53.4% |
| SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL SEBRING | 1,849 | 50.4% | 47.1% |
| RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,792 | 57.6% | 62.6% |
Matched among Florida high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #518 of 555 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #473 of 549 ▼ 79 | #12 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #476 of 559 ▲ 26 | #13 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,518 | #287 of 830 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #105 of 575 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #164 of 594 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #168 of 630 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #116 of 246 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,518
+68 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,911
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,518 | 81.2 | 18.7:1 | 55% (831) |
| 2023-24 | 1,532 | 84.2 | 18.2:1 | 64% (975) |
| 2022-23 | 1,465 | 85.6 | 17.1:1 | 76% (1,116) |
| 2020-21 | 1,450 | 78 | 18.6:1 | 66% (959) |
| 2017-18 | 1,346 | 83 | 16.2:1 | 74% (994) |
| 2015-16 | 1,242 | 85 | 14.6:1 | 68% (839) |
| 2010-11 | 1,352 | 79 | 17.1:1 | 56% (763) |
| 2000-01 | 1,510 | 81 | 18.6:1 | 37% (566) |
| 1990-91 | 1,911 | 110 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GULF HIGH SCHOOL.
About GULF HIGH SCHOOL
GULF HIGH SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized high school in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida. Federal data show 1,518 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
PASCO has 105 schools; together they serve 86,873 students.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at GULF HIGH SCHOOL, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Pasco County, the White share is about 72%. The diversity index for GULF HIGH SCHOOL is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 81.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. High schools in Florida average 23.5:1, 4.8 more students per teacher than here. GULF HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 55%. For comparison, public schools in Pasco County average 37%.
Among Florida public high schools, GULF HIGH SCHOOL outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, GULF HIGH SCHOOL is among the bottom 10% of schools in Florida. Predicted: 53.7%. Actual: 36.5%.
The school's county is Pasco County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $70,492 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pasco County number 111, with about 86,873 students.
GULF HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is JAMES M. MARLOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GULF HIGH SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 1,450 in 2020-21 to 1,518 in 2024-25.
The GULF HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 NEW PORT RICHEY
- RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,798 students
- DAYSPRING ACADEMYCombined · 1,259 students
- RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,026 students
- ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
- GULF MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
- WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 765 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES M. MARLOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 513
- GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 796
- MITTYE P. LOCKE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY PREV PK-51.0 mi · 84
- ANCLOTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 543
- RICHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 750
- COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About GULF HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GULF HIGH SCHOOL?
GULF HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,518 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GULF HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GULF HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GULF HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at GULF HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GULF HIGH SCHOOL?
At GULF HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees GULF HIGH SCHOOL?
GULF HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.