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What's the most underrated thing about PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001564
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
37350 FLORIDA AVE, DADE CITY, FL 33525 · (352) 524-5200 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
411 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
63%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
39.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +18.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 20.3% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 639 | 64.3% | 35.7% |
| DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY DUNDEE | 657 | 63.8% | 64.6% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 547 | 64.9% | 60.3% |
| DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 731 | 63.3% | 55.0% |
| TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 804 | 66.7% | 46.4% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARCADIA | 622 | 62.5% | 47.7% |
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 PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,961 of 2,136 | #49 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #1,950 of 2,149 ▲ 184 | #47 of 60 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,811 of 2,149 ▲ 201 | #46 of 60 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #899 of 2,267 | #26 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,142 of 2,077 | #46 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #704 of 2,108 | #29 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #721 of 2,188 | #18 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #466 of 621 | #21 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
639
+80 (+14%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 639 | 39.8 | 16.1:1 | 64% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 39.4 | 16.2:1 | 74% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 32.8 | 17.9:1 | 89% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 78% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 95% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 90% (623) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 64 | 10.4:1 | 83% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 83% (605) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 42 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in DADE CITY, Florida. It reported 639 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
PASCO has 105 schools and 86,873 students, and PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 52%, a majority. It is also 27% White, 15% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Pasco County is roughly 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 16.1:1 is based on 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Pasco County report 37%.
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 13.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In the surrounding county, Pasco County, the median household earns about $70,492 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Pasco County has 111 public schools with about 86,873 students, including PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.1 miles from PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.9%, higher than PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 35.7%.
Federal data place PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 80 students, from 559 to 639.
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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 DADE CITY
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,523 students
- PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- ACADEMY AT THE FARMElementary · 761 students
- SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 688 students
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 819
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,523
- RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 399
- EAST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY1.9 mi · 80
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 688
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 639 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 27% White, 52% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.