RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the sizable senior highs in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, run under PASCO, with 1,798 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL sits 74% bigger than that benchmark.

PASCO runs 105 schools in total, collectively educating 86,873 students. RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Pasco County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL logs 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pasco County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.9%; this one delivers 55.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Pasco County shows median household income runs about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 1,684 students in 2018 compared to 1,798 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 82% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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