SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL

SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is a well-populated four-year high school in LAND O LAKES, Florida, operated by PASCO. The school caters to 2,206 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 113% bigger than typical.

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

On demographics, SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pasco County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 66.8%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

IMAGINE SCHOOL AT LAND O' LAKES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 1,942 students in 2018 compared to 2,206 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 in 2025.

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