NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida, NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school, one of the schools within PASCO. It instructs 939 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% above the state mean of about 604.

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

In terms of who attends, NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.3%; NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 40.9%, -20.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pasco County) records 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. NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

The closest other public school is PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 22%: 772 students in 2018 compared to 939 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 49% to 31%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.