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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153008450
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18000 SHADY HILLS RD, SPRING HILL, FL 34610 · (772) 774-4100 · Pasco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
266 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
47%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
47.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 58.6% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 444 | 59.9% | 54.5% |
| PINEMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 448 | 59.4% | 65.1% |
| SWIMMING PEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 496 | 57.7% | 52.6% |
| SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 526 | 60.8% | 58.8% |
| FLORAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL CITY | 387 | 57.1% | 47.7% |
| DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 568 | 63.2% | 45.9% |
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 SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,109 of 2,136 | #30 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #807 of 2,149 ▲ 186 | #18 of 60 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,423 of 2,149 ▼ 130 | #37 of 60 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #1,633 of 2,267 | #50 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #59 of 2,077 | #3 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #1,470 of 2,108 | #55 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #914 of 2,188 | #22 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #596 of 1,374 | #9 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
444
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 444 | 36.4 | 12.2:1 | 60% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 31.6 | 15.4:1 | 69% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 31.6 | 14.9:1 | 77% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 69% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 79% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 76% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in SPRING HILL, Florida. It had 444 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
A total of 105 schools make up PASCO, with 86,873 students enrolled.
About 69% of the student body at SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pasco County residents are about 72% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
The school's 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Pasco County report 37%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 51.1% and the result is 54.5%.
For the population of Pasco County, median household income comes to about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Pasco County counts 111 public schools with about 86,873 students.
SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%.
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 SPRING HILL
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLCombined · 1,154 students
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
Nearby schools
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 967
- CREWS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.3.0 mi · 709
- GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY3.1 mi · 217
- DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 568
- DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 854
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 1,853
Frequently asked questions
About SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.