GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3303 GULF TRACE BLVD, in HOLIDAY, Florida, GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school that teaches 625 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under PASCO.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, Pasco County reports that median household income runs about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 624 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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