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WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
About WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of the cozy senior highs in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, part of PASCO, with 765 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.
PASCO runs 105 schools in total, collectively educating 86,873 students. WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 70.4%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
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Pasco County at a glance
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