SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in HOLIDAY, Florida, run under PASCO. Current enrollment sits at 420 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 604.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 37% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Pasco County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Pasco County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.6%; SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 30.2%, -14.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,492 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 420). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 25% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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