RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate primary school in DADE CITY, Florida, one of the schools within PASCO, teaches 399 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 604.

PASCO comprises 105 schools with combined enrollment of 86,873 students; RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 13% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Pasco County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.4%; this one delivers 34.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pasco County) logs that median household income runs about $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 399). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 8% to 13% over that span.

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