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What's the most underrated thing about PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
819
Middle
DISTRICT 992 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001565
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL
13925 14TH ST, DADE CITY, FL 33525 · (352) 524-8400 · Pasco County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
421 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 262 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 38% |
Student demographics
66%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
37.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.4pp 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 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 41.1% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 819 | 51.4% | 38.6% |
| HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL DELTONA | 932 | 54.9% | 47.9% |
| CONWAY MIDDLE ORLANDO | 735 | 51.6% | 44.5% |
| CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,013 | 50.6% | 61.7% |
| CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DADE CITY | 688 | 49.6% | 38.9% |
| GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOL DELTONA | 939 | 57.4% | 45.9% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #486 of 560 | #11 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #491 of 560 ▼ 64 | #11 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #471 of 560 ▼ 21 | #13 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #282 of 584 | #11 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #356 of 547 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #132 of 553 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #279 of 565 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #219 of 379 | #4 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
819
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 819 | 40.6 | 20.2:1 | 51% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 831 | 44.4 | 18.7:1 | 59% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 903 | 44 | 20.5:1 | 73% (662) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 68% (553) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 59 | 15.7:1 | 78% (722) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 61 | 15.0:1 | 75% (682) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 67% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 57 | 16.3:1 | 63% (584) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 46 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in Florida, with an address in DADE CITY. The school serves 819 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
PASCO (105 schools, 86,873 students) runs PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Hispanic students are the largest group at PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 44% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 35% White, 15% Black, and 5% multiracial. Pasco County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 26 points below the school's share. PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 40.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.2:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 19.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Pasco County is 37%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 38.6% against a 55.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Florida.
In the county around the school, Pasco County, median household income is about $70,492, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 111 public schools operate in Pasco County, serving about 86,873 students.
The closest public school to PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 6. PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment at PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL was 813 in 2020-21 and 819 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 20.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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 SCHOOL0.1 mi · 639
- RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 399
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,523
- EAST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY2.0 mi · 80
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 688
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 819 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
How diverse is PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 35% White, 44% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.