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If you had an hour of school board time for ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,656
High
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153001569
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL
6335 12TH ST, ZEPHYRHILLS, FL 33542 · (813) 794-6100 · Pasco County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,656 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
758 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 395 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 458 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 412 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 391 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%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
34.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 19.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,656 | 45.8% | 33.5% |
| BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 1,904 | 45.7% | 46.8% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,444 | 46.7% | 42.6% |
| SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL LIVE OAK | 1,167 | 47.4% | 46.2% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 1,730 | 43.0% | 43.8% |
| SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL STUART | 1,775 | 47.6% | 52.8% |
Matched among Florida high 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 ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #540 of 555 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #505 of 549 ▼ 17 | #13 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #534 of 559 ▼ 44 | #16 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,656 | #253 of 830 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #214 of 575 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #125 of 594 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #295 of 630 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #89 of 246 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,656
+213 (+15%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,205
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 1,656 | 78.6 | 21.1:1 | 46% (758) |
| 2023-24 | 1,740 | 81 | 21.5:1 | 55% (953) |
| 2022-23 | 1,656 | 82.4 | 20.1:1 | 70% (1,151) |
| 2020-21 | 1,443 | 72 | 20.0:1 | 61% (875) |
| 2017-18 | 1,420 | 83 | 17.1:1 | 73% (1,032) |
| 2015-16 | 1,548 | 94 | 16.5:1 | 71% (1,105) |
| 2010-11 | 1,546 | 89 | 17.4:1 | 54% (839) |
| 2000-01 | 1,350 | 71 | 19.0:1 | 34% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 1,205 | 72 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
About ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida. The school's enrollment of 1,656 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students each.
Within PASCO, ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 105 schools. The district enrolls 86,873 students.
The most common group at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 46%. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points below the 72% share among Pasco County residents. ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 78.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.1:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is 46%. On average, public schools in Pasco County report 37%.
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL posts 33.5% against a 58.2% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Florida.
Pasco County has about 611,444 residents, and the median household income is $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL, Pasco County has 110 other public schools.
The closest public school to ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 1,443 in 2020-21 to 1,656 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 20.0:1 to 21.1:1.
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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
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Other schools in ZEPHYRHILLS
- RAYMOND B. STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 954 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 792 students
- CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- WEST ZEPHYRHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 625 students
- QUAIL HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 792
- RAYMOND B. STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 954
- WEST ZEPHYRHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 625
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 684
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 688
- CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,656 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 21.1:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
At ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 46% White, 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH 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.