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Enrollment
1,523
High
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001563
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL
36850 STATE ROAD 52, DADE CITY, FL 33525 · (352) 524-5500 · Pasco County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
728 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 376 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 399 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 416 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 322 | 21% |
Student demographics
64%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
38.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp 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 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HIGH SCHOOL
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASCO HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,523 | 47.8% | 35.8% |
| NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,535 | 47.4% | 58.2% |
| SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL STUART | 1,775 | 47.6% | 52.8% |
| PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,648 | 51.2% | 50.3% |
| DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,716 | 51.2% | 58.9% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,444 | 46.7% | 42.6% |
Matched among Florida high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #526 of 555 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #511 of 549 ▲ 4 | #15 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #510 of 559 ▼ 28 | #15 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,523 | #285 of 830 | #10 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #232 of 575 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #179 of 594 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #263 of 630 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #82 of 289 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,523
-197 (-11%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,330
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 1,523 | 71.6 | 21.3:1 | 48% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 1,602 | 76 | 21.1:1 | 57% (920) |
| 2022-23 | 1,639 | 73 | 22.4:1 | 66% (1,076) |
| 2020-21 | 1,720 | 84 | 20.5:1 | 57% (980) |
| 2017-18 | 1,820 | 99 | 18.4:1 | 67% (1,228) |
| 2015-16 | 1,768 | 107 | 16.5:1 | 63% (1,117) |
| 2010-11 | 1,312 | 77 | 17.0:1 | 55% (725) |
| 2000-01 | 1,258 | 67 | 18.8:1 | 49% (612) |
| 1990-91 | 1,330 | 78 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PASCO HIGH SCHOOL.
About PASCO HIGH SCHOOL
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school found in DADE CITY, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,523 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 47% higher.
PASCO has 86,873 students in 105 schools, and PASCO HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At PASCO HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 44%. It is also 39% White, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Pasco County is roughly 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL operates with 71.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.3:1. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. About 48% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Pasco County is 11 points.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PASCO HIGH SCHOOL scores 21.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.8%; the prediction is 57.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Pasco County, the median household income is $70,492, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pasco County has 111 public schools and roughly 86,873 students.
The nearest public school is PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, PASCO HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on proficiency.
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,523, an 11% decrease from 1,720 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 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
- PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 639 students
Nearby schools
- PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 639
- PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 819
- EAST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY1.2 mi · 80
- RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 399
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 688
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About PASCO HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PASCO HIGH SCHOOL?
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,523 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does PASCO HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PASCO HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PASCO HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 21.3:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PASCO HIGH SCHOOL?
At PASCO HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 39% White, 44% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PASCO HIGH SCHOOL?
PASCO HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
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