GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of small scale in HOLIDAY, Florida, part of PASCO, teacheing 393 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

PASCO runs 105 schools in total, collectively educating 86,873 students. GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pasco County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PAUL R. SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 56% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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