PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized intermediate school in DADE CITY, Florida, PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL works with 819 students from grades 6 through 8, part of PASCO.

PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 105 schools operated by PASCO, a district that educates 86,873 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 35% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.4%; actual is 38.6%, a gap of -16.8 points.

Around the school, Pasco County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

Nearest neighbor: PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 928 students in 2018 compared to 819 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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