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Enrollment
636
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001582
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY
14302 COBRA WAY, HUDSON, FL 34669 · (727) 774-4700 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
455 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 1% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
49%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
38.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY this school | 636 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEIRSDALE | 588 | 70.6% | 34.7% |
| SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKTON | 700 | 71.0% | 48.8% |
| POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POLK CITY | 545 | 73.6% | 42.8% |
| SCHRADER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 572 | 71.0% | 40.2% |
| WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 704 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
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 HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,913 of 2,136 | #48 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,691 of 2,149 ▲ 345 | #40 of 60 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,847 of 2,149 ▲ 115 | #49 of 60 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #909 of 2,267 | #29 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #320 of 2,077 | #12 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #1,409 of 2,108 | #53 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #400 of 2,188 | #9 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #472 of 621 | #22 of 26 |
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
636
-98 (-13%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 636 | 45.6 | 13.9:1 | 72% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 45.4 | 14.0:1 | 76% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 38.6 | 16.8:1 | 90% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 84% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 90% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 57 | 11.8:1 | 92% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 65 | 10.3:1 | 83% (559) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 72% (575) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 54 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY.
About HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY is an elementary school in HUDSON, Florida, and it is part of PASCO. The school had 636 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY is one school in a 105-school district, PASCO, which enrolls 86,873 students.
White students are the majority at HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY, with 68% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. That is close to the 72% White share among all Pasco County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. The average for public schools in Pasco County is 37%.
A school with HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 45.3%. HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY scores 37.3%, 8.1 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Pasco County show that the median household income is $70,492, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 111 public schools in Pasco County, enrolling about 86,873 students in all.
The closest public school, HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.2%; HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY's is 37.3%, ranking 4th of 8.
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 734.
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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 HUDSON
- FIVAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,554 students
- HUDSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,497 students
- HUDSON ACADEMYMiddle · 920 students
- WEST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMYHigh · 104 students
Nearby schools
- HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,497
- HUDSON ACADEMY0.3 mi · 920
- FIVAY HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,554
- MOON LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 567
- WEST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY3.2 mi · 104
- BAYONET POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMYHow large is HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY?
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 636 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY serve?
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY is approximately 13.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY?
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY reports a student body of 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY in?
HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.