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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,045
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153006561
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
19925 LAKE PATIENCE RD, LAND O LAKES, FL 34638 · (813) 346-1500 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,045 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
172 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 193 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 217 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 200 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (200).
Student demographics
65%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
70.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
69.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 70.5% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,045 | 16.5% | 70.7% |
| MCKITRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUTZ | 934 | 12.3% | 86.4% |
| ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 984 | 20.7% | 69.2% |
| WIREGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 957 | 20.0% | 63.0% |
| LAKESIDE ACADEMY ST AUGUSTINE | 1,356 | 17.6% | 73.5% |
| EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY WELLINGTON | 834 | 15.2% | 85.4% |
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 OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #434 of 2,136 | #11 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #672 of 2,149 ▼ 144 | #14 of 60 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #440 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #10 of 60 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,045 | #174 of 2,267 | #6 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,225 of 2,077 | #51 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #541 of 2,108 | #23 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #2,047 of 2,188 | #55 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.0% | #117 of 621 | #7 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
1,045
+139 (+15%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,045 | 63.9 | 16.4:1 | 16% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 1,093 | 66.4 | 16.5:1 | 21% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 1,110 | 60.9 | 18.2:1 | 26% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 906 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 19% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 61 | 13.3:1 | 28% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 1,045 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 31% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 77 | 12.6:1 | 27% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in Florida, with an address in LAND O LAKES. It enrolled 1,045 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
PASCO is responsible for 105 schools, OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 86,873 students in all.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Pasco County residents are about 72% White. The chance that two students picked at random at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1, with 63.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 16% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Pasco County average 37%.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 72.9%. OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70.7%.
Census estimates describe Pasco County this way: median household income is about $70,492, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 111 public schools in Pasco County, with a combined enrollment of about 86,873.
The nearest public school is CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 1.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The number of students climbed from 906 to 1,045 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.4:1, from 15.4:1.
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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 LAND O LAKES
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,365 students
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,114 students
- ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATIONHigh · 1,088 students
- CONNERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 953 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,365
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT LAND O' LAKES1.4 mi · 913
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,206
- SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 842
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,114
- COUNTRYSIDE MONTESSORI ACADEMY2.7 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,045 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.4:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 52% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.