JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL

JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL, a big high school in TRINITY, Florida, part of PASCO, teaches 2,201 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 113% bigger than the state mean of about 1,035.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL has 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.6%, the actual is 62.0%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pasco County) shows 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. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SEVEN SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 2,189 students in 2018 compared to 2,201 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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