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How has SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153003476
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
29040 COUNTY LINE RD, WESLEY CHAPEL, FL 33543 · (813) 794-1900 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
140 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
71%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
63.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 62.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 502 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
| GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SANFORD | 590 | 28.1% | 66.9% |
| STONE LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 617 | 28.4% | 72.5% |
| THORNEBROOKE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 561 | 29.6% | 77.4% |
| DR. PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 638 | 25.2% | 76.5% |
| PARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 536 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #692 of 2,136 | #17 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #786 of 2,149 ▲ 48 | #17 of 60 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #699 of 2,149 ▲ 57 | #20 of 60 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,411 of 2,267 | #47 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #881 of 2,077 | #32 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #166 of 2,108 | #7 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #1,867 of 2,188 | #42 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #867 of 1,374 | #13 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
502
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 502 | 32.6 | 15.4:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 32.4 | 16.0:1 | 34% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 30.7 | 17.0:1 | 39% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 39% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 35% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 23% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 926 | 47 | 19.7:1 | 15% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida, and it is part of PASCO. Its 502 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
PASCO has 86,873 students in 105 schools, and SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 72% of Pasco County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 28%. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Pasco County.
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.9% is 3.4 points below the 67.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pasco County show that 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. Besides SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pasco County has 110 other public schools.
Nearby, WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 63.9% versus a 66.7% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 517 in 2020-21 to 502 in 2024-25.
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 WESLEY CHAPEL
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
- DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,496 students
- PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPELElementary · 1,312 students
- CYPRESS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,283 students
Nearby schools
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,218
- TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,317
- DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,496
- WIREGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 957
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,130
- PRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 980
Frequently asked questions
About SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 42% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SAND PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.